Events in History
Event of Interest
Jul 2 First flight LZ-1, of a dirigible airship designed by Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, at Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany
- Jul 3 The British evacuate Rustenburg and occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek in the Anglo-Boer war
- Jul 3 Trying to stem the growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia
- Jul 4 Williams Jennings Bryan nominated as Democratic Party presidential candidate, USA
- Jul 5 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
- Jul 9 The Commonwealth of Australia is established by the British House of Commons
- Jul 11 Boer General De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns
- Jul 12 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
- Jul 15 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin
- Jul 16 A report appears in London that all foreigners in Peking, China, have been massacred. Although soon exposed as false, the report helps mobilize support for relief of foreigners
- Jul 16 Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria
- Jul 23 First Pan-African Congress meets in London, organized by Trinidadian Henry Sylvester Williams, makes plea for African self-government
- Jul 23 The Canadian government reviews immigration policy, prohibiting criminals and paupers from landing in Canada
- Jul 24 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed
- Jul 28 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
- Jul 29 In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci
- Jul 30 British Parliament passes several progressive social acts: a Mines Act, a Workmen's Compensation Act and a Railway Act
- Jul 31 Boer Generals Prinsloo & Roux surrender in Brandwater Basin
Birthdays in History
- Jul 5 Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands, born in Nijkerk, Netherlands (d. 1987)
- Jul 7 Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
- Jul 10 Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
- Jul 18 Nathalie Sarraute [Tcherniak], French writer (Childhood, Portrait of a Man Unknown, The Golden Fruits), born in Ivanovo, Russia (d. 1999)
- Jul 19 Arno Breker, German architect and sculptor (Third Reich), born in Elberfeld, German Empire (d. 1991)
- Jul 19 Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist and writer (d. 1990)
- Jul 19 Roscoe [Charles Barnet] Harvey, British soldier, born in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (d. 1996)
- Jul 20 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian-American economist (international trade), born in Purkersdorf, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
- Jul 20 Maurice Gilliams, Belgian writer and poet (Maria's Life), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1982)
- Jul 24 Zelda Fitzgerald [née Sayre], American writer (This Side of Paradise) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1948)
- Jul 25 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola), born in Salto, Uruguay (d. 1960)
- Jul 27 Charles Vidor, Hungarian director (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1959)
- Jul 29 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist (Return to Ithaca; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1974), born in Svartbjörnsbyn, Sweden (d. 1976)
- Jul 31 Elmo Roper, American pollster (Roper Poll), born in Hebron, Nebraska (d. 1971)
Weddings in History
Franz Ferdinand
Jul 1 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (36) weds countess Sophie Chotek (32) in Reichstadt, Bohemia
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