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, 1778
Day of Week 3rd » American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
Day of Week 4th » American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Rogers Clark named George Clark capture Kaskaskia, Illinois or Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
Day of Week 10th » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Day of Week 27th » American Revolution: Battle of Ushant (1778) First Battle of Ushant Kingdom of Great Britain British and France French fleets fight to a standoff.
Famous Deaths for July 1778
2nd » Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)
2nd » Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746)
3rd » Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian wife of Leopold Mozart (b. 1720)