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July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between June and August. It has 31 days. July was named after Julius Caesar. The mid-way point of the year is either on July 2 or in the night of July 1-2.

July always begins on the same day of the week as April, and additionally, January in leap years. July doesn't end on the same day of the week as another month in common years, but ends on the same day of the week as January in leap years.

The Month

In each hemisphere, it is the seasonal equivalent of January in the other hemisphere. In the North, it is summer and in the South it is winter.

In the Northern Hemisphere, July is often the warmest month of the year, and major sporting events and music festivals are held around this time. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is a winter month, with the coldest-recorded temperature having been measured in Antarctica in this month.

July begins on the same day of the week as April in all years and also starts on the same day of the week as January in leap years. It ends on the same day of week as January in leap years, while in common years, no other month ends on the same day of the week as July.

July's flower is a variety of the water lily. Its birthstone is the ruby. The meaning for the birthstone ruby is contented mind. Astrological signs for July are Cancer (June 21 - July 21) and Leo (July 22 - August 21).

In the old Roman calendar, July was called Quintilis, meaning Fifth Month because, in the old calendar, the year began in March. Augustus later renamed it July in honour of Julius Caesar, whose birthday was in this month. Augustus later also named the following month, August, after himself.

Holidays

Barrie Canada Day Fireworks
Canada Day fireworks in Ontario

Fixed Events


Moveable events

Germany and Argentina face off in the final of the World Cup 2014 -2014-07-13 (5)
Germany and Argentina face off in the final of the World Cup 13th July 2014

Selection of Historical Events

Large hadron collider's atlas detector
A 3D Model of the atlas detector in the large hadron collider at CERN


Trivia

Alexander Jamieson Celestial Atlas-Plate 16
The constellation of Cancer


Months of the Year

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

Images for kids

See also

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