6th » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
15th » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1685
3rd » Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (d. 1768)
Famous Deaths for July 1685
15th » James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-English general and politician, Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull (b. 1649)
28th » Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)