The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA. Apollo 11 was the first successful manned mission to land on…
15 July 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to the British aboard the HMS Bellerophon on July 15, 1815, following his defeat at the…
14 July 1960
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild. Jane Goodall is a renowned…
13 July 1878
Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire. The Treaty…
12 July 1776
Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. Captain James Cook’s third voyage (1776–1779) was primarily aimed at discovering the elusive Northwest Passage, a potential sea…
11 July 1848
Waterloo railway station in London opens. Waterloo Station, officially known as London Waterloo, has a rich and layered history that dates back to the mid-19th…
10 July 1553
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. Lady Jane Grey, often called the “Nine Days’ Queen,” was a tragic figure in English history. Born…
9 July 1762
Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III Catherine the Great, originally born as Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst in…
8 July 1876
The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one…
7 July 1916
The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington. The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in 1916, emerging from a merger of several socialist…