Historical Events in July, Month of July Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 25, 1978 | Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. |
| July 22, 1484 | Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured. |
| July 21, 1959 | Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. |
| July 25, 1467 | The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. |
| July 3, 1866 | Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs. |
| 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 23, 1632 | Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. |
| July 19, 1848 | Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York. |
| July 24, 1911 | Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". |
| July 12, 1527 | Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty. |
| July 11, 2015 | Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape. |
| July 16, 1377 | King Richard II of England is crowned. |
| July 2, 2013 | A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others. |
| July 9, 869 | The 8.4–9.0 Mw Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland. |
| July 8, 1864 | Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. |
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