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 24, 1847 After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
July 25, 1536 Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
July 10, 1991 Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
July 12, 2006 The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
July 19, 1940 World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
July 11, 1977 Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
July 17, 1203 The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
July 4, 1943 World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
July 6, 1791 At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom.
July 16, 1536 Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France.
July 19, 1989 United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
July 21, 1861 American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
July 17, 1850 Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.[3]
July 26, 1529 Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
July 10, 1789 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.

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