Historical Events In July - 08
Monday, 25 September 2023
1693 NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies on July - 08.
1695 Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1709 On July - 08 battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1716 Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen on this day in history.
1757 Richard Wainwright, composer on this day in history.
1758 On July - 08 english & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY
1776 The Liberty Bell Rings In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Liberty Bell rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania's old State House, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon on July - 08.
1776 Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila) on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history vt becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage
1777 On this day in history vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
1778 Allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America on July - 08.
1778 On this day in history george Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
1792 On July - 08 france declares war on Prussia
1796 On this day in history uS State Dept issues first American passport
1796 On this day in history uS State Dept issues 1st American passport
1797 On July - 08 first US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1797 On this day in history 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1800 On July - 08 dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England on July - 08.
1809 On July - 08 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1816 Frost in Waltham, MA on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1822 Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom on this day in history.
1822 On July - 08 percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1824 On this day in history waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 On July - 08 benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer on July - 08.
1833 Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty on July - 08.
1835 On July - 08 liberty Bell cracks (again)
1836 On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies on July - 08.
1838 On this day in history the birth of Graf von Zeppelin, Designer of the Zeppelin airships
1838 On this day in history arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
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