16th » Manchu Qing Dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Penghu called Pescadores Islands.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1683
25th » Pieter Langendijk, Dutch playwright and poet (d. 1756)
Famous Deaths for July 1683
10th » François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
13th » Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1631)