In Events:
| July 4th 1054 | | Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)
| | July 4th 1187 | | Battle of Hittin (Tiberias): Saladin defeats Reinoud of ChÆ’tillon
| | July 4th 1301 | | Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg
| | July 4th 1415 | | Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII
| | July 4th 1453 | | 41 Jewish martyrs burned at stake at Breslau
| | July 4th 1610 | | Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian & Sweden
| | July 4th 1636 | | City of Providence, Rhode Island form
| | July 4th 1652 | | Prince of Cond‚ starts blood bath in Paris
| | July 4th 1653 | | British Barebones Parliament goes into session
| | July 4th 1672 | | States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void
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In Births:
| July 4th 1546 | | Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)
| | July 4th 1610 | | Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral
| | July 4th 1610 | | Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)
| | July 4th 1669 | | Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor
| | July 4th 1694 | | Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)
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In Deaths:
| July 4th 0966 | | Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian (anti?)Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies
| | July 4th 1187 | | Reinoud van ChÆ’tillon, French prince of Antioch, dies
| | July 4th 1301 | | Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle
| | July 4th 1307 | | Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies
| | July 4th 1336 | | Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
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