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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