[sweetdreams12]

11 July 1889 – Tijuana, Mexico, is founded

12 July 1109 - Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli

Score: 4

July 11, 1801
- French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet.

July 12, 1801
- Second Battle of Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish (six days after losing the 1st Battle of Algeciras).

My history score: 2

[oaktown]

July 11, 1786
Morocco agrees to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000

July 12, 1691
William III defeats the allied Irish and French armies at the Battle of Aughrim, Ireland.

Score 7, +1

[Alessa9]

July 11, 1798
US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress.

July 12, 1957
US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer.

Score: 6

[pspstacy]

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[accountant1usa]

July 11, 1975 Archaeologists in Xian, China, unearth 8,000 porcelain soldiers, fully equipped and in proper formation, at the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (221-210 BC)

July 12,1906 Alfred Dreyfus is finally cleared of all charges by the French Army

July 13,1936 15,000 WW I veterans from all nations swear an "Oath of Peace" and observe a minute of silence at the Ossuary at Ft. Douaumont, Verdun

July 14, 1825 Lafayette reviews 2nd Bn, 11th NY Arty, which adopts the name "The National Guard" and later becomes the famous 7th NY

Set: XXXXII
Score: 7

[sweetdreams12]

13th July 1645 - Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as Tsar of Russia

14th July 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II

Score: 6

[oaktown]

July 13, 1798
English poet William Wordsworth visits the ruins of Tintern Abbey


July 14, 1789
The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by a mob

Score 2

July 13, 1851
- John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton.

July 14, 1850
- First public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie.

My history score: 4

13 July 1966 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founds the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna movement) in New York City

14th 1535 Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis

Score = 2

[pspstacy]

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July 15th - 1099 City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade
July 16th - 1809 La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva. The first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo
July 17th - 1918 The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia
July 18th - 1936 Spanish Civil War : General Francisco Franco issues manifesto and leds uprising with army in Morocco
July 19th - 1843 The steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
Score = 7

[sweetdreams12]

15 July, 1971 – The United Red Army is founded in Japan.

Score: 7

16 July, 1212 - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Muslim power in Spain
17 July, 855 - St Leo IV dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope; he will be succeeded by Benedict III
18 July, 1968 – Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
19 July, 1524 - Peasants' War begins in Germany's Black Forest

Score: 4

July 15, 1500
- Baglione family massacre at the "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia.

July 16, 1900
- Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria.

July 17, 1900
- NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas.

My history score: 7

July 18, 2012
- Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army.

July 19, 1900
- Michel Théato wins 2nd Olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40,260k).

My history score: 2

[accountant1usa]

July 15, 1916 William Boeing founds an aircraft company in Seattle

July 16, 1779 "Mad" Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point, NY, in a predawn bayonet attack

July 17, 1917 British Royals change their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor

July 18, 1863 The 54th Massachusetts leads a gallant attempt to storm Fort Wagner, near Charleston

July 19, 1969 Apollo 11 goes into orbit around the Moon

Set: XXXXIII
Score: 5