July
Sign in to saveJuly is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.
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July is the seventh month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in 44 B.C. to honor Julius Caesar, the Roman general and statesman who was born in this month, and it was previously called Quintilis when March marked the beginning of the year.
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- Part of
- Swedish calendar
- Has part
- July 31
- Named after
- Tilia
- Followed by
- August
- Follows
- June
- Image
- Breviarium Grimani - Juli.jpg
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- Symbols
- Observances
- Month-long
- Non-Gregorian
- Movable
- First Friday
- First Saturday
- First Saturday and Sunday
- First Sunday
- Sunday closest to 2 July
- First full week in July
- First Monday
- 5 July or following Monday if it's a weekend
- Day after first Monday
- Second Monday
- Second Thursday
- Second Sunday
- Nearest Sunday to 11 July
- Third Monday
- Third Sunday
- Second to last Sunday in July and the following two weeks
- Third Tuesday
- Fourth Sunday
- Friday preceding the Fourth Saturday and the following Sunday
- Fourth Thursday
- Last Saturday
- Last Sunday
- Thursday before the first Monday
- Following Friday
- Last Friday
- Fixed Gregorian
- See also
- References
- External links
July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.
It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.