80636 | July 16 | Event | 1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. |
80637 | July 16 | Event | 1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. |
80638 | July 16 | Event | 1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank. |
80639 | July 16 | Event | 1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. |
80640 | July 16 | Event | 1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. |
80611 | July 15 | Death | 2014 – Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1926) |
80612 | July 15 | Death | 2014 – Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (b. 1924) |
80613 | July 15 | Death | 2015 – Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (b. 1938) |
80614 | July 15 | Death | 2015 – Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1916) |
80615 | July 15 | Death | 2015 – Aubrey Morris, British actor (b. 1926) |
80616 | July 15 | Death | 2015 – Sheila Ramani, Indian model and actress (b. 1932) |
80617 | July 15 | Death | 2015 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer and actor (The Diamonds) (b. 1933) |
80618 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)BonaventureDispersion of the ApostlesDonald of OgilvyEdith of PolesworthEdith of WiltonPlechelmQuriaqos and JuliettaSaint RosaliaSwithunVladimir the Great (Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church)July 15 (Eastern |
80619 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera can fall, while July 21 is the latest celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Puerto Rico) |
80620 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Galla Bayramy can fall, while July 21 is the latest celebrated on the third Sunday of July. (Turkmenistan) |
80621 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Marine Day can fall, while July 21 is the latest celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Japan) |
80622 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which President's Day (Botswana) can fall, while July 21 is the latest celebrated on the third Monday of July. |
80623 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Elderly Men Day (Kiribati) |
80624 | July 15 | Holiday and observance | Sultan's Birthday (Brunei Darussalam) |
80625 | July 16 | Event | 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. |
80626 | July 16 | Event | 1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians freque |
80627 | July 16 | Event | 1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almoha |
80628 | July 16 | Event | 1377 – Coronation of Richard II of England. |
80629 | July 16 | Event | 1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. |
80630 | July 16 | Event | 1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. |
80631 | July 16 | Event | 1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California. |
80632 | July 16 | Event | 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. |
80633 | July 16 | Event | 1782 – First performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. |
80634 | July 16 | Event | 1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act. |
80635 | July 16 | Event | 1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. |