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July 1

July 1 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1523 and 2008. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.

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What happened on July 1?

July 1 is the 182nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1523 and 2008. Famous people born on July 1 include Amy Johnson, George Sand and Louis Blériot.

The shape of the day

From 1523 to 2008, July 1 gathers 485 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for July 1 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on July 1

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Mistfall Hunter

2025

  • Game Mecha Break

2023

  • TV Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1523

    Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos

    Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.

  2. 1643

    Westminster Assembly

    First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.

  3. 1841

    Thomas Lempriere

    Thomas Lempriere and James Clark Ross carve a marker on the Isle of the Dead in Van Diemen's Land to measure tidal variations, one of the earliest surviving benchmarks for sea level rise.

  4. 1862

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

  5. 1874

    Sholes and Glidden typewriter

    The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.

  6. 1917

    World War I

    World War I: Russia launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary to capture Galicia, its final offensive of the war.

  7. 1942

    World War II

    World War II: start of the First Battle of El Alamein.

  8. 1979

    Sony

    Sony introduces the Walkman.

  9. 1983

    North Korea

    A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.

  10. 2008

    2008 riot in Mongolia

    Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 1

Amy Johnson

b. 1903

English pilot

George Sand

b. 1804

French author and playwright

Louis Blériot

b. 1872

French pilot and engineer

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b. 1646

German mathematician and philosopher

Diana, Princess of Wales

b. 1961

Member of the British royal family

Jefferson Pérez

b. 1974

Ecuadorian race walker

Li Keqiang

b. 1955

Chinese economist and politician, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China

John Farnham

b. 1949

English-Australian singer-songwriter

Deaths

  • 2004Marlon Brando
  • 1999Edward Dmytryk
  • 1997Robert Mitchum
  • 1967Gerhard Ritter
  • 1944Tanya Savicheva
  • 1934Ernst Röhm

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Aaron (Syriac Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
  • —Christian feast day: Felix of Como
  • —Christian feast day: Junípero Serra
  • —Christian feast day: Julius and Aaron
  • —Christian feast day: Leontius of Autun
  • —Christian feast day: Servanus
  • —Christian feast day: Veep

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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