2nd » The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean war First hostilities known as Crimean War.
8th » U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry named Matthew Perry arrives in Edo bay with a treaty requesting trade.
25th » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1853
5th » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (d. 1902)
17th » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)
18th » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
24th » William Gillette, American actor and author (d. 1937)
27th » Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1921)
Famous Deaths for July 1853
23rd » Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)