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, 1851
Day of Week 29th » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1851
3rd » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
7th » Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (d. 1933)
8th » Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (d. 1941)
11th » Millie and Christine McKoy, American conjoined twins (d. 1912)
15th » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (d. 1889)
21st » Sam Bass (outlaw) or Sam Bass, American criminal (d. 1878)
23rd » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (d. 1909)
24th » Friedrich Schottky, polish-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for July 1851
10th » Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (b. 1787)
15th » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian soldier and politician (b. 1787)