July 1: Eid al-Mubahalah (Shia Islam, 2024); Canada Day ( 1867); Republic Day in Ghana ( 1960); Independence Day in Rwanda ( 1962)

The burning of van Essen and Vos

• 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos were burnt at the stake in Brussels, becoming the first Lutherans executed by the Council of Brabant.
• 1643 – The Westminster Assembly of Divines first assembled to restructure the Church of England.
• 1874 – The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
• 1935 – The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant Park.
• 1983 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.