Historical Events
- Jul 2 Marine Police established by The West India Committee to guard merchant vessels on the river Thames, London, beginnings of the world's oldest continuously serving police force [1]
- Jul 6 US law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... & removed as alien enemies"
- Jul 7 Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war'
Event of Interest
Jul 11 US Marine Corps formally established as a distinct military branch by an Act of Congress signed by President John Adams
- Jul 14 1st direct US federal tax on states enacted to finance military build-up; dwellings, land, and slaves are subject to tariff
- Jul 14 US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government
- Jul 16 US Public Health Service forms & US Marine Hospital authorized
- Jul 21 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt (Battle of Embabeh) against Mamluk rulers, wiping out most of the Egyptian army
- Jul 23 Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 13 Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Charlotte of Prussia], Empress of Russia and wife of Nicholas I, born in Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin (d. 1860)
- Jul 15 Charles H. Bell, American admiral (Union Navy), born in New York (d. 1875)
- Jul 24 John Adams Dix, American Major General (Union Army), born in Boscawen, New Hampshire (d. 1879)
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