July 14 1789 The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution. 1798 Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a…
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July 13 1793 French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday. 1863 The draft riots, protesting…
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July 12 1543 England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. 1690 Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II…
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July 11 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England’s King Henry VIII. 1804 Former vice president Aaron Burr fatally wounded former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander…
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July 10 1890 Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States. 1940 The Battle of Britain began. 1951 Armistice talks to end the Korean…
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July 09 1816 Argentina formally declared independence from Spain. 1850 Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office.…
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July 08 1776 The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pa. 1777 Vermont became the first colony to abolish…
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July 07 1456 Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc. 1797 William Blount of Tennessee…
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July 06 1535 Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII’s Church of England. 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully treated a patient with…
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July 05 1811 Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. 1865 William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.…
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