July is the seventh month of the year (between June and August) in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter). The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.
July symbols: The birthstone of July is the ruby, which symbolizes contentment. Its birth flowers are the Larkspur or the Water Lily. The zodiac signs for the month of July are Cancer (until July 22) and Leo (July 23 onwards).
Historical Events for July, 1856
Day of Week 17th » The Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, kills over 60 people.
Day of Week 31st » Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1856
10th » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
23rd » Arthur Bird, American-German composer (d. 1923)
23rd » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist (d. 1920)
24th » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
26th » George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
Famous Deaths for July 1856
9th » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
9th » James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
14th » Edward Vernon Utterson, English lawyer and historian (b. 1775)
29th » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)