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, 1957 | The International Geophysical Year begins. |
| July 19, 1936 | Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. |
| July 5, 1950 | Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel. |
| July 4, 1954 | Rationing ends in the United Kingdom. |
| July 22, 1706 | The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each country's Parliament, led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. |
| July 13, 1930 | The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay. |
| July 19, 1843 | Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. |
| July 7, 1915 | Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims. |
| July 20, 1954 | Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. |
| July 30, 1969 | Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders. |
| July 12, 1543 | King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace. |
| July 6, 1411 | Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor. |
| July 9, 1932 | The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution. |
| 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, 1054 | Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing a Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the formal start of the East–West Schism. |
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