Wow! Really humbled by the love shown me by you (wonderful people)...I really appreciate. Honestly i now wish birthdays could be celebrated every month...Lol ...#And a wonderful cum influential friend in the person of @Emeka Ugwuonye now spiced it up more by letting me know how important I am with with information about notable events that happened today in history...Check his message below: ...#Happy Birthday to you. You are a famous person, as you share your birthday with the following famous people: 100 BC - Julius Caesar, Rome, Roman military and political leader, (d. 44 BC), (or July 12) 1396 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 1527 - John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician (d. 1609) 1579 - Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651) 1590 - Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76) 1607 - Václav Hollar, Bohemian-born artist (d. 1677) 1608 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) 1745 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818) 1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837) 1773 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art)1776 - Caroline of Baden, queen of Bavaria (d. 1841) 1793 - John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepards Calendar) 1798 - Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Tsarina of Russia (d. 1860) 1815 - James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880 1816 - Gustav Freytag, writer 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, Chapel Hill Tennessee, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard, (d. 1877) 1841 - Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918) 1859 - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter 1872 - Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP 1883 - [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Potasch & Perlemoer) 1942 - Harrison Ford, Chicago Illinois, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic). And the following historic events occurred on this date: 574 - John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1174 - William I of Scotland, key rebel in Revolt of 1173-1174, captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. 1522 - Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht 1558 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. 1568 - Dean of St Pauls Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer 1573 - Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army 1643 - Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1645 - Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia 1657 - Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1668 - Van Marco Cestis opera Il Pomo dOro (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna 1700 - Russian-Turkish peace 1772 - Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas 1787 - Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 1787 - Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop 1794 - Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria 1832 - Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft) 1836 - US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels 1837 - Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace 1851 - John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton 1854 - US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua 1854 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon. 1861 - Battle of Corricks Ford, VA (Carricks Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1862 - Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrests Raid) US895 CS150 1863 - Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die 1863 - Battle of Bayou La Fourche, LA 1863 - Battle of Tupelo, MS (Harrisburg) [->JUL 15] US648 CS700 1863 - Rebellion at Morgans, Ohio [->JUL 26] 1864 - Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley. 1870 - King Wilhelm of Prussia sends Emser Depeche on Bismarck 1878 - Congress of Berlin discussing division of African colonies ends. 1939 - Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut. 1950 - Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow, 1960 - US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate, 1994 - OJ Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing. As you can see, your birthday is a great day in history and you share the day with many famous people. That means you are famous too. Happy Birthday to you.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:43:29 +0000
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