July 1

The end of this day marks the halfway point of a.

Events

 * - The is won by  against . s  and  are killed.
 * - : rs under defeat a  army under.
 * - : Joint Mexican Indian force led by under  defeat Spanish s under.
 * - : The Kingdom of (Polish Crown) and  confirm a, the united country is called the  or the Republic of Both Nations.
 * - as reckoned under.
 * - s attack,.
 * - The joint reading of and 's papers on  to the.
 * - is founded.
 * 1862  - : The  takes place, the final battle in the, part of the 's.
 * - : the begins.
 * - The takes effect as the, creating the ;  sworn as first.
 * - The formally comes into existence.
 * - joins the.
 * - joins the.
 * - Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine.
 * - World's first international takes place between, , , and , ,.
 * 1881  - General Order 70, the culmination of the  of the 's organisation, came into effect.
 * - terminates  and  agreement with.
 * - and  linked by  cable.
 * - The, a by the  against the , begins.
 * - : The was fought in.
 * - : On the first day of the 20,000 soldiers of the  are killed and 40,000 wounded.
 * - was founded.
 * - suspends all.
 * -, police and  ambush strikers participating in.
 * 1942  - Australian Federal Govt becomes sole collector of Income Tax (State Income Tax Abolished).
 * - merged with  and was dissolved. Since then, no city in  has had the name "." (Present-day  is not a city.)
 * - British parliament passed India independence act. According to this took a decision for giving independence to India on August 15.
 * - inaugrates 's, the.
 * - The begins (until, ).
 * - The links  broadcasting across  via.
 * 1958  - Flooding of the  begins.
 * - The (PFA) holds its constitutive conference.
 * - of.
 * 1960  -  becomes a  and  becomes its first  as Queen  ceases to be the.
 * - of.
 * 1962  -  of.
 * - s are introduced for.
 * 1963  - The  admits that former   had worked as a.
 * - First transmission in, from.
 * - The is formally created out of a merger with the, the , and the.
 * 1967  - Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the.
 * - The  is officially established.
 * 1968  - The  signed by about sixty countries in,.
 * 1968  - Formal separation of the  from the.
 * - President General abolished One-Unit of  restoring the provinces.
 * -, and  of the  are captured in  after a shootout with the.
 * 1972  - First  march in
 * - granted autonomy to.
 * - (Aus) granted Self-Government.
 * - introduces the.
 * -  officially becomes the of.
 * - A M jet en route to   in  crashes into the  s in, killing all 23 people on board.
 * - The PG-13 rating is introduced by the.
 * - American radio station in  is launched as the world's first  station
 * -, : 's last concert after over forty years' musical career.
 * - accepts the  as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and.
 * - The is officially dissolved at a meeting in.
 * - The resumes sovereignty over the city-state of, ending 156 years of   rule.
 * - The is officially opened by  on the day powers are officially transferred from the old  in  to the new devolved  in.
 * - 's law goes into effect.
 * 2000  - The, connecting  and , opens for traffic.
 * - The is established to prosecute individuals for, , , and the.
 * 2002  - A  (flight )   and a  (German cargo)  collide in mid-air over, , killing 71.
 * -  of  begins at 01:12  and ends at 02:48.
 * - Revaluation of the.
 * - The first operation of in the.
 * - Smoking in is  in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK.
 * - Smoking in is  in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK.

Births

 * -, Sweden and Norway (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, English bishop and writer (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, Swiss theologian (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, English philosopher (d. )
 * -, Spanish statesman (d. )
 * -, French soldier (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, American university founder (d. )
 * -, Hungarian physician (d. )
 * -, Polish poet (d. )
 * -, Canadian explorer (d. )
 * -, American grammarian (d. )
 * -, French aviator (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, French labor leader, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, English soldier (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * 1899  -, English actor (d. )
 * 1899  -, Fictional archeologist main character from the Indiana Jones movies, books, and tv show.
 * -, French-born film director (d. )
 * -, English pilot (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (d. )
 * 1906    -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, Welsh actress (d. )
 * -, American sportscaster (d. )
 * -, Soviet marshal
 * -, American environmentalist (d. )
 * 1912  -, American fashion editor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1915  -, American neurosurgeon (d. )
 * -, British-born actress
 * -, British psychiatrist
 * -, Japanese-born actor (d. )
 * -, first
 * -, American actor
 * 1926  -, German composer
 * 1926  -, German automotive executive
 * -, American biologist,
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * 1930  -, Syrian-American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, French actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1934  -, English actress
 * 1934  -, American film director
 * 1934  -, French actor, director and screenwriter
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American scientist,
 * 1941  -, American economist,
 * 1941  -, American choreographer
 * 1941  -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Canadian actress
 * 1942  -, American singer
 * -, American musician
 * 1945  -, Israeli-American actor
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1947  -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, Australian singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian actor
 * 1952  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * -, Indian-American astronaut (d. )
 * 1961  -  (d. )
 * 1961  -, British cyclist
 * 1961  -, American athlete
 * 1961  -, Canadian musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician ( and )
 * -, French rugby player & coach
 * -, Norwegian film director
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, Canadian model
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American singer
 * 1971  -, American actress
 * 1971  -, American actor
 * 1971  -, American baseball player
 * -, English actress
 * 1972  -, Austrian musician
 * -, American musician
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * 1976  -, Dutch footballer
 * 1976  -, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
 * 1976  -, Finnish footballer
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * 1977  -, American actress
 * -, American hockey player
 * -, Irish-born Australian Rules footballer
 * -, American actress
 * 1982  -, American model
 * 1982  -, English actress
 * 1982  -, Swedish tennis player
 * 1982  -, American football player
 * -, Norwegian musician
 * 1983  -, Korean singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, English television actor
 * -, English television actor

Deaths

 * -, (b. )
 * 251  -,  (b. ca. )
 * -, Shia Imam (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. )
 * -, Italian composer
 * -, French-born classical scholar (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * -, Irish saint (b. )
 * - Emperor (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, American preacher (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, American Civil War general (b. )
 * -, American private detective (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Russian diarist (b. )
 * -, Italian race car driver (b. )
 * -, Swiss musician (b. )
 * 1950  -, Finnish architect (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, French conductor (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, German judge and prosecutor (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. )
 * -, German Luftwaffe general (b. )
 * -, Portuguese writer (b. )
 * 1981  -, American bass player (b. )
 * -, American architect and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born educator (b. )
 * -, British-born musician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. )
 * -, American radio personality (b. )
 * -, Governor of New Jersey (b. )
 * 1996  -, Serbian screenwriter (b. )
 * 1996  -, American actress and model (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born film director (b. )
 * 1999  -, American popular singer (b. )
 * 1999  -, American candy magnate (b. )
 * 1999  -, American actress (b. )
 * -, British murder victim (b. )
 * 2000 -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American jazz flutist (b. )
 * 2003  -, American boxer (b. )
 * 2003  -, Namibian actor (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * 2004  -, Macedonian composer (b. )
 * 2004  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 2005  -, American musician (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * (formerly ) - national holiday of.
 * in the of
 * in the of.
 * (Breaking of s) Day of ; On July 1, slavery was abolished.
 * , tradition.
 * (Breaking of s) Day of ; On July 1, slavery was abolished.
 * , tradition.

Liturgical feasts

 * - brother of
 * , abbot of
 * , priest, , ,
 * , recluse
 * Saint, abbot, confessor [Lyon]
 * , priest at Angoulême, confessor [Angoulême, Saintes, Limoges]
 * , pope, martyr [Bamberg]
 * ,, confessor [St. Pol de Léon]
 * 's
 * , martyrs [BLS]
 * , bishop, confessor [Paris, as Lunaire]
 * ,, confessor
 * , martyr
 * , Rumold, or Rombout, bishop, martyr [Mechelen, Liège, Cambrai, Scotland]
 * , bishop, confessor [Scotland]
 * , priest, confessor [Mainz, Trier, Metz, Switzerland, France (Paris)]
 * (Diederik, Thierry), abbot of, confessor
 * , virgin [Liège]
 * (Diederik, Thierry), abbot of, confessor
 * , virgin [Liège]
 * , virgin [Liège]