Category: July

July 31 in Pop Culture History 781 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. 1492 - Jews were expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree took effect....

July 30 in Pop Culture History 762 - Baghdad was founded by caliph Al-Mansur. 1619 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses,...

July 29 in Pop Culture History 1148 - The Siege of Damascus ended with a crusader defeat and lead end of the Second Crusade. 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc...

July 28 in Pop Culture History 1854 - The USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned. 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the...

July 27 in Pop Culture History 1694 - A Royal charter was granted to the Bank of England. 1789 - The first US federal government agency, the Department of Foreign...

July 26 in Pop Culture History 1745 - "The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden...

July 25 in Pop Culture History 306 - Constantine I (Constantine The Great) was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 1593 - Henry IV of France converted from Protestantism to...

July 24 in Pop Culture History REMINDER: If you have promised your significant other that you will love them 7/24, TODAY is 7/24. 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was...

July 23 in Pop Culture History 1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patented (#5581X) the typographer, an early typewriter. 1926 - Fox Film bought the patents of...

July 22 in Pop Culture History 1587 - A second group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. 1796 - Surveyors of...

July 21 in Pop Culture History 356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson. 1865 - In...

July 20 in Pop Culture History 1903 - The Ford Motor Company shipped its first car. 1938 - The United States Department of Justice filed suit in New York City...

July 19 in Pop Culture History 64 - Great Fire of Rome occurred, destroying half of the city. Contrary to rumors, Nero did not play the fiddle while it burned,...

July 18 in Pop Culture History 1870 - The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility. 1925 - Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf. 1960 - #1 Hit July...

July 17 in Pop Culture History 1429 - Charles VII of France was crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc....

July 16 in Pop Culture History 622 - The 354 day Islamic Calendar was established. 1661 - The first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco....

July 15 in Pop Culture History 850 (Earthquake) Iran 1149 - The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre was consecrated in Jerusalem. 1799 - The Rosetta Stone was found in...

July 14 in Pop Culture History 1789 - Bastille Day. Tens of thousands of the citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille, the Paris fortress used as a prison to hold...

July 13 in Pop Culture History 1787 - The Continental Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also established procedures for the admission of...

July 12 in Pop Culture History 927 - Æthelstan, King of England, secured a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with Viking kings, beginning...

July 11 in Pop Culture History 1796 - The United States took possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty. 1798 - The United States Marine...

July 10 in Pop Culture History 1553 - Lady Jane Grey began her 9 day reign on the throne of England. 1892 - The first concrete-paved street was built, on...

July 9 in Pop Culture History 1540 - King Henry VIII of England annulled the marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. 1595 - Johannes Kepler published Mysterium cosmographicum...

July 8 in Pop Culture History 1776 - The Liberty Bell rang at Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, inviting citizens to the first public reading of the...

July 7 in Pop Culture History 1456 - A retrial verdict acquitted Joan of Arc of heresy, authorized by Pope Callixtus III, 25 years after she was burned alive for...

July 6 in Pop Culture History 1189 - Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne. 1348 - Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull (rule) protecting the Jews...

July 5 in Pop Culture History 1687 - Isaac Newton published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. (Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica) 1841 - Thomas Cook organized the first package excursion (planned...

July 3 in Pop Culture History 1035 - William the Conqueror became the Duke of Normandy, 1819 - The Bank of Savings in New York City, an early savings bank...

July 2 in Pop Culture History 1698 - Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. 1776 - The Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great...

July 1 in Pop Culture History 1770 - Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history. 1819 - Johann Georg Tralles discovered the Great...