| | 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome. |
| | 1422 - Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. |
| | 1520 - The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan. |
| | 1651 - The Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory. |
| | 1688 - The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, beginning the struggle for English independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. |
| | 1758 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Domstadtl. |
| | 1805 - The U.S. Congress organizes Michigan Territory. |
| | 1864 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation." |
| | 1882 - Charles Guiteau hanged in Washington, DC for the shooting death of President James Garfield. |
| | 1883 - The first appearance of The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature. |
| | 1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4 of the same year. |
| | 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces special relativity. |
| | 1906 - Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. |
| | 1908 - The Tunguska impact event occurs in Siberia. |
| | 1912 - The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event. |
| | 1934 - The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. |
| | 1935 - The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress. |
| | 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell published. |
| | 1944 - The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. |
| | 1953 - The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. |
| | 1956 - A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing 128. |
| | 1960 - Congo gains independence from Belgium. |
| | 1963 - Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo. |
| | 1969 - Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra. |
| | 1971 - The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. |
| | 1971 - Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. |
| | 1977 - Virginia Wade wins the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon, the last British champion at the All England Club to date. |
| | 1978 - Willie McCovey becomes the 12th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| | 1988 - French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre is excommunicated by the Catholic church. |
| | 1990 - East and West Germany merge their economies. |
| | 1992 - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. |
| | 1997 - The first book in the award winning Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling is published. |
| | 1997 - The People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. |
| | 2002 - Brazil wins its fifth FIFA World Cup title. |
| | 2005 - Spain legalizes same-sex marriage. |