Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10

July

(Encyclopedia) July: see month.

July Revolution

(Encyclopedia) July Revolution, revolt in France in July, 1830, against the government of King Charles X. The attempt of the ultraroyalists under Charles to return to the ancien régime provoked the…

Fourth of July

(Encyclopedia) Fourth of July,&sp;Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress approved the…

Ems dispatch

(Encyclopedia) Ems dispatch, 1870, communication between King William of Prussia (later German Emperor William I) and his premier, Otto von Bismarck. In June, 1870, the throne of Spain was offered to…

Boyne

(Encyclopedia) Boyne, river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Bog of Allen, Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland, and flowing NE through Co. Meath, past Trim, to the Irish Sea near Drogheda. Salmon…

Atlanta campaign

(Encyclopedia) Atlanta campaign, May–Sept., 1864, of the U.S. Civil War. In the spring of 1864, Gen. W. T. Sherman concentrated the Union armies of G. H. Thomas, J. B. McPherson, and J. M. Schofield…

Brewer's: July'

The seventh month, named by Mark Antony, in honour of Julius Caesar, who was born in it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JumalaJulium Sidus A B C D E F…

London, Julie

(Julie Peck) singer, actressBirthplace: Santa Rosa, Calif.Born: 1926Died: 2000

July 2002

WorldInternational Criminal Court Opens (July 1): Hague-based court will try cases of genocide and war crimes. U.S. removed signature from treaty that created the court.U.S. Bomb Kills Dozens…