July 1 in History
1 July in History – 113 years ago
Northern Africa 1911: Agadir Crisis
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2014
New Ukrainian offensive starts in Donbass
2013
Croatia joins European Union
1997
Hong Kong returned to China
starts
1967
Sporadic Arab clashes with Israeli occupation forces
1966
France withdraws from NATO
1962
Rwanda gains independence from Belgium
1962
Burundi gains independence from Belgium
1960
Italian Somalia gains independence and unites with Somaliland
starts
1946
Dutch return to Indonesia
starts
1945
Australians take Balikpapan, Borneo
1945
Australian troops land at Balikpapan, Dutch Borneo
starts
1942
Second German invasion of Egypt halted at El Alamein
starts
1942
German air & submarine forces destroy convoy PQ17
ends
1942
Rommel invades Egypt
1940
French government moves to Vichy
ends
1931
Railway links Mozambique, Rhodesia, Congo & Angola
1928
Xinjiang warlord Yang Zengxin declares for Chinese Nationalist Government
1926
Kuomintang launches Northern Expedition
ends
1918
Lettow-Vorbeck invades Portuguese East Africa
starts
1917
Royalists briefly restore Manchu emperor
starts
1917
Last Russian offensive against Austria-Hungary
starts
1916
Britain & France attack Germany in the Somme
1911
German gunboat *Panther* arrives in Agadir
1890
Britain gives Heligoland to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar
1873
Prince Edward Island enters the Canadian Confederation
1867
Dominion of Canada formed
starts
1863
Lee defeated at Gettysburg
ends
1862
Seven Days Battles
1851
Victoria separated from New South Wales
1846
Convict uprising on Norfolk Island
1839
Ottoman navy defects to Egypt
1839
Ottoman sultan dies; succeeded by 16-year-old
ends
1828
Unsuccessful Liberal revolt at Porto; begins Liberal Wars
1812
Napoleon establishes provisional administration in Lithuania
ends
1520
Cortés flees Tenochtitlan in the night
starts
449
Eastern Roman embassy visits Attila’s court*
410
Alaric formally deposes Attalus at Ariminum*
ends
399
Marcomanni, Quadi, Vandals, and Sarmatians ravage Pannonia*
starts
381
Western Romans expel Goths from Macedonia*
starts
372
Valentinian campaigns against Alemanni*
starts
313
Constantine defeats Franks and Alemanni
starts
69
Egypt, Judea, and Syria declare for Vespasian
56
Romans restore city of Tyras*
ends
48
Romans temporarily impose their rule on Frisii*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 1 July for purposes of Omniatlas
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