Friday, Jul 18, 2025
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64 - Great Fire of Rome begins.
1013 - Birth of Hermann von Reichenau in Saulgau, (Germany); chronicler of information.
1066 - Death of St. Answer by stoning in far north of German area (born about 1035); Benedictine monk.
1374 - Francesco Petrarch Italian poet, dies at age 69.
1504 - Birth of Heinrich Bullinger in Bremgarten, Switzerland; contributed to moving Switzerland to Protestantism.
1536 - Pope's authority declared void in England.
1552 - Birth of Rudolf II in Vienna Austria; Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612).
1635 - In Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, Robert Hooke is born; physicist.
1650 - Christoph Scheiner German astronomer, dies at age 74.
1716 - Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium.