What are the important events that happened on July 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 15: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 15 is the 196^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 2, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,752,537,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontahexagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 217 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,589 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 15 Historical Events

• 1240 –
  Swedish-Novgorodian Wars: a Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
• 1741 –
  Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
• 1806 –
  Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
• 1823 –
  A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
• 1870 –
  Reconstruction era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• 1870 –
  Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.
• 1918 –
  World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• 1959 –
  The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• 1997 –
  In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
• 2002 –
  “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.

Who were born on July 15?

• 1894 –
  Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
• 1922 –
  Leon M. Lederman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1933 –
  Julian Bream, English guitarist and lutenist
• 1935 –
  Alex Karras, American football player and actor
• 1956 –
  Ian Curtis, British singer and songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
• 1959 –
  Shep Pettibone, American record producer
• 1966 –
  Irène Jacob, French-born Swiss actress
• 1974 –
  Chris Taylor, Australian comedian (The Chaser)
• 1980 –
  Mike Zambidis, Greek kickboxer
• 1992 –
  Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

Who died on July 15?

• 1544 –
  René of Châlon, Dutch Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519)
• 1685 –
  James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England (b. 1649)
• 1767 –
  Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
• 1828 –
  Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
• 1839 –
  Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802)
• 1904 –
  Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)
• 1929 –
  Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874)
• 1958 –
  Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
• 1982 –
  Bill Justis, American trumpet and saxophone player and producer (b. 1926)
• 1991 –
  Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)