July 23: Doomsday Sedgwick

William Sedgwick (1610-69) was an English Puritan clergyman who picked up the nickname "Doomsday Sedgwick" after insisting from the pulpit that the world would end within a fortnight. He'd first heard the prophecy from a woman in nearby Cambridgeshire and become convinced she was correct. The world did not end on the appointed night, although there was a pretty big storm.