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, 1897
Day of Week 2nd » Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
Day of Week 11th » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
Day of Week 26th » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun people Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a Siege of Malakand siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North West Frontier Province of India.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1897
4th » Alluri Sita Rama Raju, Indian activist (d. 1924)
6th » Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)