3rd » Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
30th » At Fort Ticonderoga known as Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for France called French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1608
13th » Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
14th » George Goring, Lord Goring, English general (d. 1657)
Famous Deaths for July 1608
18th » Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546)