| July 4th 1546 | | Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95)
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| July 4th 1610 | | Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral
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| July 4th 1610 | | Paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)
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| July 4th 1669 | | Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor
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| July 4th 1694 | | Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)
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| July 4th 1715 | | Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)
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| July 4th 1731 | | Ant¢nio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Falso Hero¡smo)
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| July 4th 1753 | | Jean-Pierre-Fran‡ois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US
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| July 4th 1762 | | Marco Santucci, composer
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| July 4th 1769 | | Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer
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| July 4th 1793 | | Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer
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| July 4th 1799 | | F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59)
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| July 4th 1804 | | D‚sir‚ de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader
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| July 4th 1804 | | Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mass, author (House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter)
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| July 4th 1807 | | Giuseppe Garibaldi, freedom fighter (Risorgimento)/unified Italy
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