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 15, 1806 | Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west. |
| July 12, 1961 | Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people. |
| July 10, 1645 | English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place. |
| July 12, 2013 | Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge. |
| July 6, 1887 | David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii. |
| July 19, 1333 | Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots. |
| July 1, 1881 | General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect. |
| July 9, 1701 | A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi. |
| July 5, 1946 | Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris. |
| July 1, 2013 | Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. |
| July 19, 1961 | Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. |
| July 21, 1645 | Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus. |
| July 19, 1943 | World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. |
| July 1, 1858 | Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London. |
| July 28, 1911 | The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London. |
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