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 1, 1903 | Start of first Tour de France bicycle race. |
| July 10, 1925 | Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. |
| July 27, 1890 | Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later. |
| July 9, 1997 | A Fokker 100 from the Brazilian airline TAM launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into 2,400 meters of free fall after an explosion that depressurized the aircraft. |
| July 16, 1915 | Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War. |
| July 2, 626 | Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. |
| July 28, 1794 | French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France. |
| July 25, 1979 | In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. |
| July 4, 1939 | Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball. |
| July 23, 1942 | Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad. |
| July 20, 70 | Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. |
| July 30, 2011 | Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall. |
| July 24, 1534 | French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France. |
| July 16, 1809 | The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. |
| July 1, 1983 | The Ministry of State Security is established as China's principal intelligence agency |
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