15th July 1099: First Crusade ends when Crusader forces capture the city of Jerusalem, after a siege lasting several weeks
After two days of fighting, the Crusaders breached Jerusalem's defences and entered the city, leading to intense fighting in the streets and buildings that led to a large-scale massacre of the city’s Muslim and Jewish ...
15 Juli 0s
14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett
American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New ...
14 Juli 0s
13th July 1985: The Live Aid ‘global jukebox’ concert broadcast to an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people
News reports the day after the concert stated that Live Aid had raised upwards of £40 ...
13 Juli 0s
12th July 1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy restructured the Church in France to align with the new administrative divisions of the country, bringing the Church under the control of the state and reducing the influence of the papacy in French ecclesiastical ...
12 Juli 0s
11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite
Telstar's first broadcast involved relaying an image of a flag outside its base station at Andover Earth Station to the Pleumeur-Bodou earth station in ...
11 Juli 0s
10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France
The Vichy government was established in France after the National Assembly approved a new French Constitutional Law that granted full powers to Marshal ...
10 Juli 0s
9th July 1877: The world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begins at Wimbledon in London
The first Wimbledon Championship was staged in order to raise money to repair the roller that was used to maintain the lawns at the club, and only featured a Gentlemen’s Singles ...
9 Juli 0s
8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe
In May 1498, the expedition reached the Indian city of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode) on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama met with the the local ruler, and attempted to establish a trading ...
8 Juli 0s
