July is the seventh month of the year (between June and August) in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter). The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.
July symbols: The birthstone of July is the ruby, which symbolizes contentment. Its birth flowers are the Larkspur or the Water Lily. The zodiac signs for the month of July are Cancer (until July 22) and Leo (July 23 onwards).
Historical Events for July, 1755
Day of Week 9th » French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and Battle of the Monongahela called suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native Americans in the United States called Native American forces.
Day of Week 25th » British Empire British governor Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the Expulsion of the Acadians deportation of the Acadians. Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France
Famous Birthdays on July in 1755
5th » Sarah Siddons, Welsh-English actress (d. 1831)
14th » Michel de Beaupuy, French general (d. 1796)
22nd » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1839)