Historical Events on July 1

Events 1 - 200 of 361

• 69 Batavian nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria

• 251 The Battle of Abrittus in the Balkans won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed
• 649 Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I
• 1097 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea
• 1200 In China, sunglasses are invented
• 1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice
• 1252 King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castile/Leon crowned
• 1253 Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre
• 1347 Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha, daughter of Jan III
• 1390 French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates
• 1517 1st burning of Protestants at the stake in the Netherlands
• 1517 Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal
• 1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason
• 1543 England & Scotland sign peace treaty of Greenwich


• 1569 Latvian Parliament accepts Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
• 1600 Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders Netherlands
• 1674 Spain, France & Netherlands form Triple Alliance
• 1689 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu, Japan

• 1747 Battle at Lafeld: France force beats British and Dutch army in Belgium during the Austrian War of Succession

• 1782 American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
• 1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of US Supreme Court

• 1810 Louis Napoleon abdicates as king of the Netherlands
• 1816 French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's painting "Raft of the Medusa"
• 1820 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published in the Netherlands
• 1823 9th US Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office
• 1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
• 1831 Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole

• 1839 Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey


• 1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington, NYC
• 1850 At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay
• 1858 1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent)

• 1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
• 1859 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
• 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason St, San Francisco
• 1861 US War Department decrees that Kansas and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers
• 1862 Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out
• 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill [Poindexter's Farm], day 7 of 7 days battles, Union forces repel Confederate attack, Tactical Union victory (US Civil War)

• 1862 US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
• 1862 The Russian State Library is founded in Moscow
• 1863 -2] Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
• 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted
• 1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3 cents per oz
• 1863 Slavery abolished in Suriname and Dutch Antilles

• 1869 Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed
• 1869 US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens
• 1870 James W. Smith of South Carolina is one of 1st African Americans to attend West Point
• 1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada

• 1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
• 1874 Dutch 1st Chamber accepts law governing child labor in factories
• 1874 1st US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000
• 1874 1st zoo in the United States opens in Philadelphia
• 1875 Universal Postal Union comes into effect after established in the Bern treaty, to organize international mail services
• 1877 1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published
• 1878 Canada joins the Universal Postal Union
• 1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples
• 1879 Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower
• 1881 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, Maine to St Stephen, New Brunswick
• 1881 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens
• 1881 General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army's organisation, comes into effect
• 1883 ANWB forms in Utrecht, the Netherlands
• 1885 The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada

• 1889 US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens
• 1890 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
• 1890 Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
• 1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
• 1896 Harbor of Ymuiden opens in the Netherlands

• 1897 Bronx acquires Hutton Square

• 1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels
• 1899 San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
• 1901 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats defending 4-time champion R.F. Doherty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
• 1902 Ranji (230) & Newham (153) add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex v Essex
• 1902 US Congress passes the Philippines Government Act, providing that the Philippines be governed by a commission appointed by the President, with consent from the senate; Filipinos are to be treated as citizens of their land, no the USA
• 1903 Tour de France: Inaugural race begins in Montgeron, a south-eastern suburb of Paris

• 1904 Willie Anderson becomes the first 2-time Western Open golf champion, beating fellow Scot Alex Smith by 4 strokes at Michigan's Kent CC

• 1907 The Orange River Colony, known as the Orange Free State, is granted self-government by the British
• 1908 "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal becomes the worldwide standard for help
• 1910 Chicago's White Sox Park (later Comiskey Park) opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
• 1910 Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
• 1911 Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" (by the Grace of God) from Canadian coins
• 1911 The German gunboat 'Panther' arrives off Agadir allegedly to protect German interests and nationals in Morocco
• 1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria

• 1915 Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
• 1915 Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
• 1916 British court martial for the Easter uprising
• 1916 Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market

• 1916 1st of 4 fatal Jersey Shore shark attacks occur at Beach Haven when Charles Vansant (25) bled to death, challenging previous scientific belief that sharks never hurt humans, and sparking popular fear over sharks which persists today

• 1917 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
• 1917 Race riots in East St Louis, Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
• 1917 Reds' Fred Toney pitches 2 complete games in doubleheader victories over Pirates, allows 3 hits each game, fewest allowed by any pitcher winning 2 MLB games in one day
• 1917 In contravention of state law, Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn; owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine; Robins edge Philadelphia, 3-2
• 1919 US 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents
• 1919 SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town

• 1920 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Scotsman George Duncan erases 13 stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his only major title; first Open played since WWII
• 1920 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to complete a sweep after taking the women's & mixed doubles titles
• 1920 Sir Herbert Samuel takes over as high commissioner over Palestine, where Arab resistance to the British mandate continues
• 1920 St Louis Cardinals become tenants of their AL rival St Louis Browns, as they abandon Robison Field midway through the MLB season and return to Sportsman's Park

• 1921 The Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader
• 1923 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass)
• 1924 Dircet regular transcontinental airmail service between New York and San Francisco forms


• 1925 SDAP wins 4 chairs in Dutch Second-Parliamentary election
• 1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK
• 1926 Canada restores gold standard
• 1929 US Immigration law of 1924 in effect
• 1930 Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
• 1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium (MLB: Indians, NFL: Browns, 78,189 capacity) opens; demolished 1996
• 1931 Ice vending machines introduced in Los Angeles 25 lbs, 15 cents
• 1931 Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)

• 1932 NY newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt
• 1933 German nazi regime declares that married women shouldn't work
• 1933 Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden
• 1933 The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
• 1934 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY
• 1935 Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP, General Dutch Press Agency) forms in Amsterdam
• 1936 AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
• 1936 Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam
• 1937 Rev Martin Niemöller arrested in Nazi Germany for activities against the State

• 1938 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats England's Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 for the 3rd leg of his Grand Slam
• 1938 The South African Press Association (SAPA) is established as a non-governmental institution by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international
• 1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
• 1941 1st commercial TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC
• 1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial

• 1941 WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1941 WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol


• 1943 "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks
• 1944 2,500+ killed in London/SE England by German flying bombs

• 1944 Graf (Count) Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel

• 1944 US headquarter moves to Colombières Normandy
• 1944 Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Sign peace, idiots!"

• 1945 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office
• 1945 Allies troop land on Balikpapan

• 1946 US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)
• 1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
• 1947 British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office

• 1948 NYC subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents
• 1949 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Ted Schroeder beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon singles title
• 1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1949 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting

• 1950 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
• 1950 NYC bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents
• 1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1951 Cleveland Indians veteran hurler Bob Feller pitches his 3rd career no-hitter beating Detroit Tigers, 2-1
• 1952 The first NASCAR Grand National event is run outside of the US with Buddy Shuman winning the 200-lap race at Stamford Park, Ontario, Canada
• 1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1953 KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
• 1954 Khalid Hasan, Pakistani cricket leg-spinner makes his Test debut against England at just 16 yrs 352 days, then world record
• 1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting

• 1955 KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

• 1956 Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan
• 1957 International Geophysical Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958)
• 1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
• 1958 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave
• 1959 Heinrich Lubke elected President of West Germany
• 1959 Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West Germany
• 1959 WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting
• 1959 World Refugee Year begins
• 1959 The Party of the African Federation (PFA) holds its constitutive conference.

• 1960 The independent Somali Democratic Republic, commonly known as Somalia, is formed out of former British and Italian territories

• 1960 Ghana becomes a republic
• 1960 No passports needed inside Benelux
• 1960 USSR shoots down US RB-47 reconnaissance plane

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