July

Template:JulyCalendar July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the coldest month within much of the Southern hemisphere.

July begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Cancer and ends in the sign of Leo. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Gemini and ends in the constellation of Cancer.

July was renamed for Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. Previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the ancient Roman calendar, before January became the first month of the calendar year (the year when displayed as twelve months in order) during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC.

July, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

July events

• Canada Day in Canada (July 1)
• July Morning in Bulgaria (July 1)
• Independence Day in the United States (July 4)
• Independence Day in Venezuela (July 5)
• Independence Day in Malawi (July 6)
• San Fermín in Pamplona/Spain (July 7)
• Tanabata in Japan (July 7)
• Independence Day in Argentina (July 9)
• Bastille Day in France (July 14)
• Burmese Martyrs' Day in Burma, now Myanmar(July 19)
• Independence Day in Colombia (July 20)
• Racial Harmony Day in Singapore (July 21)
• National Day in Egypt (July 23)
• Constitution Day in Puerto Rico (July 25)
• Independence Day in Peru (July 28)
• Independence Day in Maldives (July 26)

Month-long events in July

• Tour de France
• National Ice Cream Month (United States)
• Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month [1]

Other names

• In Finnish, the month is called heinäkuu, meaning "month of hay", related to agriculture.
• In the Irish Calendar the month is called Iúil and is the third and last month of the Summer season.
• In Turkish, the month is called Temmuz, most likely taken from the jewish Month Tammuz.
• The Welsh name for July is Gorffennaf which means end of the summer.

Trivia

• July begins on the same day of the week as April every year and also January in leap years.
• July's flower is the water lily or larkspur.
• July's birthstone is the ruby.
• July in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to January in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
• July is the most common birth month, along with October.

See also

• Historical anniversaries