What Happened on Jul 1

Battle Of Dorylaeum

The Battle of Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on July 1, 1097, between the crusaders and the Seljuk Turks, near Dorylaeum in... Read more

Siege of Lisbon Begins

The Siege of Lisbon, from July 1 to October 25 of 1147, was the military action that brought the city of Lisbon under definitive Portuguese control... Read more

Battle of Colberger Heide

The naval Battle of Colberger Heide (or Colberg Heath) took place on 1 July 1644 during the Danish-Swedish War (part of the Thirty Years War), off... Read more

Ange Duquesne De Menneville Takes Over The Post Of Marquis De La Jonquière

On March 17, 1752, the Governor-General of New France, Marquis de la Jonquière died, and was temporarily replaced by Charles le Moyne de Longueuil.... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe enrolls at West Point

Frances Allan died on February 28, 1829, and Poe visited the day after her burial. Perhaps softened by his wife's death, John Allan agreed to... Read more

The U. S. Post Office First Issues The Postage Stamp

On July 1, 1847, the United States Post Office issued its first general issue postage stamp, a five-cent stamp honoring Benjamin Franklin, the... Read more

Charles Darwin First Goes Public on Views of Evolution

Darwin’s book was half way when, on 18 June 1858, he received a paper from Wallace describing natural selection. Shocked that he had been... Read more

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 is Signed into Law

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 (12 Statutes at Large, 489), as enacted by the United States Congress, was approved and signed into law by the... Read more

Battle of Malvern Hill - Sixth of the Seven Days Battles

The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter's Farm, took place on July 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, was the sixth... Read more

Battle of Cabin Creek - Union Forces Maintain Indian Territory Presence

Description: Col. James M. Williams of the First Kansas Colored Infantry led a Union supply train from Fort Scott, Kansas, to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma... Read more

Battle of Gettysburg, Day 1

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the... Read more

Battle of Carlisle

The Battle of Carlisle was a relatively small, but strategically important skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War,... Read more

Douglass is Appointed U.S. Minister Resident and Consul General, Republic of Haiti

Frederick Douglass arrived in Port-au-Prince on this day to serve as U.S. Minister to Haiti. Appointed by President William Henry Harrison,... Read more

Battle of San Juan Hill

The Battle of San Juan Hill (July 1, 1898) was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the Spanish–American War. It was also one of the greatest... Read more

Games of the III Olympiad held in St. Louis, Missouri

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St.... Read more

Battle of the Somme

Allied Forces, 1,500,000 General Ferdinand Foch, Commander-in-Chief British Army, 700,000 General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander General Sir Henry... Read more

Chilwell Shell Filling Factory Explosion

It's the forgotten tragedy in which 134 Nottingham workers were killed, and dozens more injured. It was also Britain's worst ever disaster... Read more

"A Night To Remember" Is Released

A Night to Remember is a 1958 Golden Globe Award winning docudrama film adaptation of Walter Lord's book of the same name, recounting the final... Read more

"Anatomy Of A Murder" Is Released

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) is an American trial court drama film directed by Otto Preminger and written by Wendell Mayes based on the best-selling... Read more

Diana Spencer (Princess Diana) is born

Diana was the youngest daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer) and Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp (formerly... Read more

FDA Approves Sanofi-Aventis's Lasix

Lasix is a loop diuretic (water pill) that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt, allowing the salt to instead be passed in your... Read more

Operation Buffalo

Operation Buffalo was an operation during the Vietnam War that took place in the vicinity of Con Thien, Republic of Vietnam from 1 - 14 July, 1967.... Read more

The Twenty-sixth Amendment is ratified

The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution standardized the voting age to 18. It was adopted in response to... Read more

Napalm Death release Scum

Scum is the first album by the English grindcore band Napalm Death. The Side A of the Scum album was originally recorded for £50.00 at Rich... Read more

Edward Kennedy Delivers "Robert Bork's America" Speech, Earning Him the Title of 'Liberal Lion'

Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue... Read more