Events

Up to 1900 
 226  Cao Pi dies and his son Cao Rui succeeds him as Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei in present-day China.
 1149  Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
 1194  King Sverre of Norway is crowned.
 1534  Jacques Cartier becomes the first-known European to reach Prince Edward Island.
 1613  The Globe Theatre burns to the ground.
 1644  King Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
 1749  New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).
 1786  Alexander Macdonnell and over five hundred Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
 1807  Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Athos.
 1850  Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island.
 1855  The Daily Telegraph newspaper is founded in London.
 1863  George Custer is appointed as a U.S. Union brigadier-general
 1864  Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire.
 1880  France annexes Tahiti.
 1891  National Forest Service is organized.
 1891  Street railway in Ottawa starts running.
 1895  Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.

1901  2000 
 1913  The Second Balkan War begins.
 1914  Jina Guseva attempts to kill Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
 1916  The UK sentences Irish Easter Rising leader Roger Casement to death. He is executed on August 3.
 1922  France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
 1925  Canada House opens in London.
 1926  Arthur Meighen returns as Prime Minister of Canada.
 1927  First test of Wallace Turnbull's variable-pitch propeller.
 1933  Italian boxer Primo Carnera knocked out American Jack Sharkey to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
 1937  Joseph-Armand Bombardier receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.
 1939  The state of Hatay becomes part of the Republic of Turkey.
 1945  Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union.
 1950  At the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the United States national football team, through a goal from Joe Gaetjens, defeats the England national football team 1-0.
 1956  Marilyn Monroe marries Arthur Miller.
 1958  Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup for the first time, beating the host country Sweden 5-2 in the final.
 1974  Isabel Perón takes over Presidential duties in Argentina, as her husband Juan Perón is dying.
 1974  Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
 1975  Steve Wozniak tests his first prototype Apple Inc. I computer.
 1976  The Seychelles become independent.
 1986  Argentina wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating West Germany 3-2.
 1986  Richard Branson sets the record for the fastest powerboat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
 1995  The Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Space Station Mir.
 1995  In Seoul, South Korea, the Sampoong department store collapses, killing 501, and injuring 937 people.
 1996  Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is elected President of Iceland, taking office on August 1. He succeeds Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who decided not to run for election for a fifth time.

From 2001 
 2002  Naval clashes occur between North Korea and South Korea. 6 South Korean sailors are killed and a North Korean vessel is sunk.
 2007  Two explosive devices are found in cars outside nightclubs in London, UK.
 2007  The IPhone goes on sale in the United States.
 2008  UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland: The tournament is won by the Spain national football team, with a goal by Fernando Torres securing a 1-0 victory over the Germany national football team.
 2009  American financier Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for a multibillion Dollar fraud.
 2009  Tennis: Wimbledon Centre Court's new roof is used for the first time.
 2014  A building collapse in Delhi, India, kills at least 10 people, and another building collapse in Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu kills at least 17.
 2014  The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares a caliphate in Syria and Iraq.

Births

Up to 1900 
 1139  Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)
 1397  John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
 1475  Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan (d. 1497)
 1482  Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
 1516  Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist and physician (d. 1585)
 1528  Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589)
 1543  Christine of Hesse (d. 1604)
 1596  Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
 1609  Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer and canal builder (d. 1680)
 1636  Thomas Hyde, English orientalist (d. 1703)
 1746  Joachim Heinrich Campe, pedagogue (d. 1818)
 1782  Christian Lyngbye, Danish minister and botanist (d. 1837)
 1793  Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor (d. 1857)
 1798  Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
 1798  Willibald Alexis, German writer (d. 1871)
 1818  Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1878)
 1819  Thomas Dunn English, American politician (d. 1902)
 1844  Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)
 1845  George W. Atkinson, American politician, 10th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1925)
 1847  Paul Flechsig, German neuranatomist (d. 1929)
 1849  John Hunn, American politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)
 1849  Pedro Montt, President of Chile (d. 1910)
 1849  Sergei Witte, Russian politician (d. 1915)
 1858  George Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)
 1861  Dr. William Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
 1865 (disputed)  Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese centenarian (d. 1986)
 1868  George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
 1873  Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist, archaeologist (d. 1938)
 1879  Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)
 1880  Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
 1881  Harry Frazee, American director, producer and agent (d. 1929)
 1882  Henry Hawtrey, English runner (d. 1961)
 1886  Robert Schuman, French politician and statesman (d. 1963)
 1888  Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
 1889  Willie McFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
 1890  Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005)
 1893  Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958)
 1900  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and writer (d. 1944)

1901  1925 
 1901  Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
 1901  Putte Kock, Swedish footballer, ice hockey and contract bridge player (d. 1979)
 1903  Alan Blumlein, English engineer (d. 1942)
 1906  Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1945)
 1907  Junji Nishikawa, Japanese footballer (d. unknown)
 1908  Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
 1910  Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
 1911  Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
 1911  Bernard Herrmann, American composer (d. 1975)
 1912  Lucie Aubrac, French Resistance activist (d. 2007)
 1912  José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer and conductor (d. 1958)
 1913  Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992)
 1914  Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
 1915  Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
 1919  Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
 1919  Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (d. 2006)
 1920  César Rodriguez Alvarez, Spanish footballer (d. 1995)
 1920  Ray Harryhausen, American movie maker (d. 2013)
 1921  Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)
 1921  Reinhard Mohn, German publisher (d. 2009)
 1922  Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (d. 1991)
 1924  Philip H. Hoff, American politician, former Governor of Vermont (d. 2018)
 1924  Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
 1925  Giorgio Napolitano, 11th President of Italy

1926  1950 
 1926  Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
 1926  Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorean writer (d. 2009)
 1928  Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
 1929  Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2006)
 1930  Ernst Albrecht, German politician (d. 2014)
 1931  Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
 1932  Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician
 1933  John Bradshaw, American author (d. 2016)
 1936  Harmon Killebrew, American Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 2011)
 1939  Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
 1941  Kwame Ture, (born "Stokely Carmichael"), civil rights activist (d. 1998)
 1943  Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
 1943  Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur (d. 2017)
 1944  Gary Busey, American actor
 1944  Sean Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
 1944  Roger Wootton, English aeronautical engineer and balloonist (d. 2017)
 1945  Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan politician and former President
 1946  Ernesto Pérez Balladares, 46th President of Panama
 1946  Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004) 
 1948  Ian Paice, British musician (Deep Purple)
 1949  Dan Dierdorf, American football player
 1949  Joan Clos i Matheu, 116th Mayor of Barcelona

1951  1975 
 1951  Don Rosa, American cartoonist
 1952  Joe Johnson, English snooker player
 1956  Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
 1957  Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
 1957  Michael Nutter, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
 1958  Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
 1958  Dieter Althaus, German politician
 1958  Ralf Rangnick, German football manager
 1959  Atsushi Uchiyama, Japanese footballer
 1959  Gary Rydstrom, American sound designer
 1961  Sharon Lawrence, American actress
 1962  Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician
 1962  George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot and astronaut
 1963  Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
 1968  Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
 1970  Mike Vallely, American Professional Skateboarder
 1971  Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
 1971  Kaitlyn Ashley, American erotic actress
 1971  Matthew Good, Canadian rock musician and activist
 1971  Nawal Al-Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
 1972  Samantha Smith, American  social activist and actress (d. 1985)

From 1976 
 1977  Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
 1978  Nicole Scherzinger, American actress and singer (Pussycat Dolls)
 1979  Tomoyuki Sakai, Japanese footballer
 1980  Katherine Jenkins, Welsh singer
 1981  Nino, Greek singer
 1981  Nicolas Vuyovich, Argentine Formula One driver
 1984  Christopher Egan, Australian actor
 1984  Derek Lee Rock, American musician
 1984  Emil Hallfredsson, Icelandic footballer
 1986  José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
 1987  Jena Lee, French singer
 1988  Troy Deeney, English footballer
 1988  Ever Banega, Argentine footballer
 1988  Adrian Mannarino, French tennis player
 1990  Kim Little, Scottish footballer
 1990  Yann M'Vila, French footballer
 1991  Suk Hyun-Jun, South Korean footballer
 1991  Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
 1991  Addison Timlin, American actress
 1992  Adam G. Sevani, American dancer and actor
 1993  George Sampson, English dancer and actor
 1993  Fran Kirby, English footballer
 1993  Lorenzo James Henrie, American actor
 1994  Shin Dong-ho, South Korean singer (U-KISS)
 1994  Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer
 2000  Red Gerard, American snowboarder

Deaths

Up to 1900 
 67  Paul the Apostle, preacher, teacher and writer (b. 5)
 226  Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei
 1059  Bernard II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 995)
 1149  Raymond of Poitiers (b. 1115)
 1252  King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
 1509  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
 1520  Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (b. 1466)
 1575  Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1515)
 1763  Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Swedish writer (b. 1718)
 1779  Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (b. 1728)
 1831  Heinrich Friedrich Karl von und zum Stein, Prussian politician (b. 1757)
 1837  Nathaniel Macon, American politician (b. 1758) 
 1840  Lucien Bonaparte, French politician (b. 1775)
 1852  Henry Clay, United States Senator (b. 1777)
 1855  John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
 1861  Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)
 1875  Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
 1895  Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist and educator (b. 1825)
 1895  Floriano Peixoto, President of Brazil (b. 1839)
 1900  Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1827)

1901  2000 
 1925  Christian Michelsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1857)
 1928  Alvaro de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1878)
 1933  Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet (b. 1893)
 1933  "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)
 1940  Paul Klee, Swiss painter (b. 1879)
 1941  Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
 1950  Melitta Bentz, German businesswoman and inventor of the coffee filter (b. 1873)
 1955  Max Pechstein, German painter (b. 1881)
 1957  Malcolm Lowry, English writer (b. 1909)
 1958  Karl Arnold, German politician (b. 1901)
 1967  Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
 1967  Jayne Mansfield, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
 1969  Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)
 1975  Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
 1977  Magda Lupescu, former Queen of Romania (b. 1895)
 1978  Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
 1992  Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
 1994  Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908)
 1994  Jack Unterweger, Austrian writer and murderer (b. 1950)
 1995  Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
 1997  William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
 1998  Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)
 1999  Karekin I, Catholicos (Head) of the Armenian Apostolic Church (b. 1950)

From 2001 
 2002  Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
 2002  Rosemary Clooney, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
 2003  Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
 2006  Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
 2008  Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942)
 2013  Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist (b. 1922)
 2013  Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (b. 1946)
 2014  Damian D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer (b. 1960)
 2014  Dermot Healy, Irish poet, novelist and actor (b. 1947)
 2015  Josef Masopust, Czech footballer (b. 1931)
 2015  Charles Pasqua, French politician (b. 1927)
 2015  Jackson Vroman, American-Lebanese basketball player (b. 1981)
 2016  Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (b. 1919)
 2016  Vasyl Slipak, Ukrainian opera singer (b. 1974)
 2016  Xu Jiatun, Chinese politician and dissident (b. 1916)
 2016  Gunnar Garbo, Norwegian politician (b. 1924)
 2016  Ojo Maduekwe, Nigerian politician (b. 1945)
 2017  John Monckton, American swimmer (b. 1938)
 2017  Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur (b. 1943)
 2017  Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)
 2018  Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Ghanaian economist and politician (b. 1951)
 2018  Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler (b. 1979)
 2018  Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist (b. 1923)
 2018  Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian dancer and actress (b. 1932)
 2019  Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970)
 2019  Gunilla Pontén, Swedish fashion designer (b. 1929)

Observances 
 Independence Day (Seychelles)
 Veterans Day (Netherlands)
 Roman Catholic Feast Day of Saint Peter and Paul

Days of the year