| 0 | | Feast of St. Kateri Tekawitha, Patron of Native Americans, and that of St. Francisco Solano y Jiménez, Patron of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru |
| 0 | | Bastille Day in France -- https://youtu.be/SIxOl1EraXA |
| 939 | | Acession of Pope Stephen [VIII] IX (939-942) |
| 1187 | | Saladin captures Nablus |
| 1223 | | Louis VIII becomes King of France (1223-1226) |
| 1291 | | Egyptian Mamlukes take Sidon |
| 1420 | | Battle of Vitkov: Hussites defeat the Imperialists |
| 1456 | | Battle of Belgrade: The Hungarians defeated the Ottomans |
| 1483 | | deposed King Edward V of England (12) and his brother Prince Richard of Shrewsbury (c. 10), the Princes of the Tower, were last seen alive |
| 1536 | | Pact of Lyon: France and Portugal ally against Spain |
| 1714 | | Aland Is: Russian fleet routs larger Swedish one |
| 1789 | | the citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille, initiating the French Revolution |
| 1799 | | Michele "Fra Diavolo" Pezza weds Fortunata Rachele, Itri |
| 1808 | | Battle of Medina de Rio Seco: The French defeat the Spanish |
| 1813 | | Lt John M. Gamble, becomes the only US Marine to command a ship, the prize 'Greenwich' |
| 1825 | | Lafayette reviews 2nd Bn, 11th NY Arty, which adopts the name "The National Guard" and later becomes the famous 7th NY |
| 1831 | | the Great Powers confirmed Belgian independence from the Netherlands -- Learn More |
| 1853 | | Commo Matthew Perry holds first meeting with Japanese officials |
| 1861 | | USN blockades Wilmington, NC |
| 1863 | | Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg, Ms, begins (ends Jul 15) |
| 1867 | | Alfred Nobel gives the first public demonstration of dynamite |
| 1880 | | The French Republic establishes July 14th as a national holiday. |
| 1882 | | Four U.S. ships help British restore order in Alexandria, Egypt. |
| 1898 | | SGT Hallett A. Borrowe, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, reported on the performance of the Sims-Dudley pneumatic cannon in combat in Cuba - Learn More |
| 1900 | | The "China Relief Expedition" captures Tientsin from the Boxers |
| 1933 | | Nazi Party becomes the only legal party in Germany |
| 1936 | | cashiered LtCdr John Semer Farnsworth (USNA 1915) was arrested for espionage -- Learn More |
| 1938 | | Mussolini begins persecution of Jews and other "non-Aryans" |
| 1938 | | FDR reviewed the U.S. Fleet in San Francisco Bay, from the deck of the USS 'Houston' (CA-30) -- Learn More |
| 1942 | | India: Supply flights begin over "The Hump" to China |
| 1942 | | Yamamoto creates the Eighth Fleet for operations in the South Pacific |
| 1943 | | Japanese sub 'I-179' is lost to an accident in home waters. |
| 1952 | | Keel is laid for the USS 'Forrestal' (CVA-59), the first supercarrier to be completed |
| 1958 | | The massacre of the Iraqi Royal Family in Baghdad |
| 1959 | | First nuclear powered cruiser commissioned, USS 'Long Beach' (CGN 9) |
| 1969 | | Soccer War: El Salvador invades Honduras, c. 1000 die |
| 1972 | | Vietnam: Jane Fonda makes first of 10 broadcasts on Radio Hanoi. |