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).
Day of Week 15th » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1838
6th » Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
8th » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin named Zeppelin Airship Company (d. 1917)
20th » Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (d. 1899)
20th » Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1928)
23rd » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (d. 1910)
Famous Deaths for July 1838
19th » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (b. 1785)