Historical Events in July, Month of July Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 16, 1377 | King Richard II of England is crowned. |
| July 16, 1779 | American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. |
| July 18, 1872 | The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot. |
| July 25, 1788 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). |
| July 12, 1776 | Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. |
| July 6, 1947 | The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. |
| July 11, 472 | After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. |
| July 27, 1981 | While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed. |
| July 8, 1283 | Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. |
| July 4, 1943 | World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka. |
| July 31, 1938 | Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia). |
| July 4, 1943 | World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. |
| July 20, 1960 | The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. |
| July 4, 1942 | World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces. |
| July 18, 1857 | Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French. |
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