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 9, 491 | Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna. |
| July 14, 2013 | Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. |
| July 18, 1870 | The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. |
| July 17, 180 | Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. |
| July 7, 1520 | Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba. |
| July 3, 1988 | United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. |
| July 23, 1927 | The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay. |
| July 4, 1886 | The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel. |
| July 26, 1946 | Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport. |
| July 5, 1775 | The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition. |
| July 23, 2005 | Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. |
| July 25, 1755 | British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. |
| July 5, 1610 | John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. |
| July 6, 1944 | The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut. |
| July 20, 1592 | During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it. |
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