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July 14 July 14: Bastille Day in France (1789) 1789 – French Revolution: Parisians stormed the Bastille (pictured), freeing its inmates and taking the prison's large quantities of arms and ammunition. 1791 – The Priestley Riots began, in which Joseph Priestley and other religious Dissenters were driven out of Birmingham, England. 1950 – In an early battle of the Korean War, North Korean troops began ...
July 19 July 19: Marine Day in Japan (2010); Burmese Martyrs' Day 1843 – SS Great Britain, the first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller, launched from Bristol, UK. 1848 – The two-day Women's Rights Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York. 1870 – A dispute over ...
July 24 July 24: Simón Bolívar Day in Ecuador and Venezuela; Pioneer Day in Utah (1847) 1411 – Forces of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles, fought an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, at the Battle of Harlaw near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 1701 – French explorer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac established Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in New France, ...
March 11 March 11: Independence Day in Lithuania (1990) 1649 – The Peace of Rueil was signed, signaling an end to the opening episodes of the Fronde, France's civil war, after little blood had been shed. 1879 – Japan annexed the Ry?ky? Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa Prefecture. 1941 – World War II: The Lend-Lease Act was signed into law, allowing the United ...
July 13 July 13 1772 – Under the command of explorer James Cook, HMS Resolution set sail from Plymouth, England, along with HMS Adventure. 1787 – The Northwest Ordinance was passed by the Congress of the Confederation, creating the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States. 1793 – Charlotte Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, a leader in both the French Revolution and ...