What is July 7?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1456]] &ndash; A retrial verdict clears [[Joan of Arc]] of [[heresy]], 25 years after she was burnt to death at the stake. * [[1534]] &ndash; The first exchange between [[Europe]]ans and [[Native Americans]] takes place in present–day [[New Brunswick]]. * [[1543]] &ndash; French troops invade [[Luxembourg]]. * [[1575]] &ndash; Raid of the Redeswine, the last major [[battle]] between [[England]] and [[Scotland]]. * [[1585]] &ndash; The [[Treaty]] of Nemours bans tolerance of [[Protestantism|Protestants]] in [[France]]. * [[1770]] &ndash; The [[Battle]] of Larga between the [[Russian Empire]] and [[Ottoman Empire]] is fought. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated at the [[Battle]] of Hubbardton. * [[1807]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Peace]] of [[Tilsit]] between [[France]], [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] ends the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; [[California]] is annexed by the [[United States]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; The conspirators in the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]], are executed. * [[1881]] &ndash; [[Pinocchio]], written by [[Carlo Collodi]], is published for the first time. * [[1898]] &ndash; [[Hawaii]] becomes a [[United States]] [[Territory]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1911]] &ndash; The [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]] and [[Russia]] sign the North Pacific [[Fur seal|Fur Seal]] Convention of 1911, banning open–water seal hunting. * [[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: End of the First [[Battle]] of Isonzo. * [[1915]] &ndash; An International [[Railway]] trolley overloaded with 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], killing 15 people. * [[1928]] &ndash; Commercially sliced [[bread]] is first sold in [[Chillicothe]], [[Missouri]]. * [[1930]] &ndash; Work on the [[Hoover Dam]] begins. * [[1937]] &ndash; The [[Second Sino–Japanese War]] begins. * [[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[US]] forces land in [[I