Historical Events in July, Month of July Events

Here is a list of some historical events in July. You can learn What major event happened in July?

Date Event
July 25, 677 Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
July 8, 1962 Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
July 13, 2016 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.
July 13, 1643 English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
July 29, 1018 Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
July 18, 2013 The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
July 13, 1794 The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.
July 16, 2019 A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
July 16, 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
July 6, 1560 The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
July 8, 2011 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
July 5, 1945 The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.
July 31, 1715 Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
July 8, 1982 A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
July 31, 1856 Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.

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