What is July 1?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[69]] &ndash; [[Tiberius Julius Alexander]] orders his [[Roman legion]]s in [[Alexandria]] to swear allegiance to [[Vespasian]] as [[Emperor]]. * [[552]] &ndash; [[Battle of Taginae]]: [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces under [[Narses]] defeat the [[Ostrogoth]]s in present-day [[Italy]]. * [[1097]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dorylaeum]]: [[Crusade]]rs under [[Bohemond of Taranto]] defeat a Turkish army under [[Qilich Arslan I]]. * [[1431]] &ndash; The [[Battle of La Higueruela]] takes place in [[Granada]], leading to a modest advance of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] * [[1502]] &ndash; A [[hurricane]] off the [[Caribbean]] [[island]] of [[Hispaniola]] sinks 20 [[ship]]s, with no survivors. * [[1690]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Boyne]] as reckoned under [[Julian calendar]]. * [[1770]] &ndash; Lexell's [[Comet]] passes closer to [[Earth]] than any other [[comet]] in recorded [[history]]. * [[1782]] &ndash; [[United States|American]] [[privateer]]s attack [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (town)|Lunenburg]], [[Nova Scotia]]. * [[1858]] &ndash; The joint reading of [[Charles Darwin]] and [[Alfred Russel Wallace]]'s papers on [[evolution]] to the [[Linnean Society]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[Russian State Library]] is founded. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] begins. * [[1863]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands]] ends [[slavery]] in [[Suriname]], on a day now celebrated there as [[Keti Koti]]. * [[1867]] &ndash; The [[British North America Act]] takes effect as the constitution of [[Canada]], creating the [[Canadian Confederation]]; [[John A. Macdonald]] is sworn in as first Prime Minister. * [[1870]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of Justice]] formally comes into existence. * [[1873]] &ndash; [[Prince Edward Island]] joins the [[Canadian Confederation]]. * [[1874]] &ndash; The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful [[typewriter]], goes on sale. * [[1878]] &ndash; [[Canada]] joins the [[Universal Postal Union]]. * [[1