1245 – Pope Innocent IV declares Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II deposed and excommunicated at the First Council of Lyon amid their struggle over papal and imperial authority
1393 – Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria
1740 – Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV
1863 – Māori forces are defeated by British troops at Koheroa, Waikato, in the New Zealand Wars between Maori tribes and British colonials
1863 – Battle of Honey Springs – largest battle in Indian Territory
1981 – Glasdrumman ambush: the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a British Army post in South Armagh, killing 1 soldier and injuring another
2023 – Russia pulls out of a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain past their naval blockade, threatening to push world food prices higher
2024 – US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro officially exonerates all 258 Black sailors who protested work conditions after the Port Chicago Disaster in 1944; none of them are alive for the ruling
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 16th July 2026
1439 – Kissing is banned in England to stop the spread of the Black Death
1863 – Utrecht-Swells railway opens
1897 – The South African Committee, investigating the Jameson Raid releases its report finding that it was conducted almost implicitly through the support and encouragement of Cecil Rhodes and the mining houses in the Transvaal
1920 – General Amos Fries is appointed as the first U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service Chief
1950 – Single-day 16-team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
1960 – 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1994 – Wendy Wasserstein’s stage play “The Sisters Rosensweig,” starring Madeline Kahn, closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 556 performances
2023 – Jam rock band Dead and Company, an outgrowth of the Grateful Dead, plays the final show of its final concert tour, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California
Historical Events for 15th July 2026
971 – According to legend, English saint Swithun is reburied inside Winchester Cathedral against his wishes, and a terrible storm proceeds to rain for 40 days and 40 nights
1500 – Baglione family massacre at the “Blood Wedding” of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia
1926 – VPRO (Free-thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1928 – 22nd Tour de France: Defending champion Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg holds yellow jersey from start to finish; his Alcyon team has all 3 podium positions
1945 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Moraine CC: Byron Nelson wins his fifth and final major title and second PGA title; he defeats former MLB player Sam Byrd 4 and 3
1971 – US President Richard Nixon announces he will visit the People’s Republic of China
1979 – Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister of India
2018 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, Exmoor CC: Fijian Vijay Singh wins in a playoff with Jeff Maggert on second extra hole
Historical Events for 14th July 2026
1535 – Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis
1876 – British battleship HMS Thunderer boiler explodes during full-power sea trial near Portsmouth, England; 45 sailors killed and 40 injured
1927 – First commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
1949 – Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobný and Vladimir Černík defect while playing in a tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland; Drobny accepts Egyptian citizenship
1955 – Two killed and many dazed by lightning strikes at Ascot racecourse in England
1987 – Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
2008 – “The Dark Knight” directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, premieres in New York
2019 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf at Firestone CC: Retief Goosen of South Africa birdies the final two holes to secure his first Champions Tour win by two strokes over Jay Haas and Tim Petrovic
Historical Events for 13th July 2026
1837 – Queen Victoria is the first monarch to live in present-day Buckingham Palace
1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland,” but the last four letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
1930 – First football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay
1967 – Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey killing 27
1971 – 42nd MLB All-Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF
1972 – NFL franchises LA Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
1978 – Alexander Ginzburg is sentenced by a Soviet court to eight years in a labor camp
2018 – HBO announces that it has obtained the rights to “The Nevers,” a project by Joss Whedon
Historical Events for 12th July 2026
1192 – Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Taishōgun, the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan and de facto ruler
1801 – Second Battle of Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish (six days after losing the 1st Battle of Algeciras)
1901 – Striking Canadian salmon fishermen on the Pacific coast, resentful of the non-union Japanese who continue to fish, maroon and imprison 47
1930 – US Open Men’s Golf, Interlachen CC: Defending champion Bobby Jones wins record-tying 4th US Open title by 2 strokes from Macdonald Smith; third consecutive major title
1958 – Gene De Paul and Johnny Mercer’s musical “Li’l Abner,” adapted from Al Capp’s hillbilly comic strip, closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 693 performances and two Tony Award wins
1960 – XEWT TV Channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1990 – Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Soviet Communist Party during its congress, strengthening his role as a leading reform figure in Russian politics
2013 – Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and calls for worldwide access to education
Historical Events for 11th July 2026
1924 – Muslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi, India
1962 – Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
1974 – US House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
2013 – “Orange Is the New Black” starring Taylor Schilling premieres on Netflix, the first series to be nominated for both comedy and drama Emmy awards
2015 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4
2019 – US stock markets reach new records, the Dow tops 27,000 points for the first time, and the SandP 500 hits 3,000 points
2021 – UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Italy wins first Euro title since 1968, 3-2 on penalties over England after scores locked at 1-1 AET
2023 – Scientists select Crawford Lake, Ontario, as the reference location for the beginning of a new interval of geologic time, the human-caused Anthropocene Epoch, starting in the 1950s and ending the Holocene; the proposal is later rejected
Historical Events for 10th July 2026
1652 – England declares war on The Netherlands – beginning of the 1st Anglo-Dutch war
1861 – Lincoln writes to Kentucky’s militia and says Union troops will not enter that state
1926 – Lake Denmark, New Jersey, arsenal explodes, killing 21 and causing $75 million in damage
1945 – Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee
1991 – Foreign Minister R.F. Botha of South Africa signs accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on behalf of South Africa
2016 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his second Wimbledon and third Grand Slam title
2018 – Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2 million, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time
Historical Events for 9th July 2026
1386 – Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat Duke Leopold III of Austria
1867 – An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young sets out to search for Dr David Livingstone (Scottish missionary and explorer)
1891 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2, 6-1 in a repeat matchup and result of the 2 previous finals
1933 – Construction begins on the San Fransisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
1965 – Senators’ Frank Howard ties record with seven strikeouts in a doubleheader
1980 – Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years in prison
2002 – The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as African leaders replace the Organization of African Unity. South African President Thabo Mbeki serves as its first chair.
2018 – Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion
Historical Events for 8th July 2026
1911 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2 ret
1951 – Yankee Joe DiMaggio and manager Casey Stengel feud after Stengel pulls DiMaggio out of game
1963 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith wins her first of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Billie Jean Moffitt 6-3, 6-4
1965 – Joe Morgan is the first Houston player with six hits in a game
1969 – IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
1970 – Fantasy records releases “Cosmo’s Factory”, the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival; it is critically acclaimed and becomes their biggest seller, spawning six singles that reach the top 5 of the Billboard charts
2000 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Venus Williams wins her first career Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6
2005 – Marvel superhero film “The Fantastic Four,” starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis, premieres