Historical Events
Louis XVI Dismisses Jacques Necker
Jul 11 French King Louis XVI dismisses finance minister Jacques Necker, sparking riots in Paris
Bastille Day
Jul 14 Bastille Day - the French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille Prison in Paris (now celebrated as France's national day)
- Jul 15 Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris
Jacques Necker Reinstated
Jul 16 French King Louis XVI reinstates Jacques Necker as finance minister following riots at his dismissal
- Jul 27 US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs now referred to as the State Department
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Jul 4 Cláudio Manuel da Costa, Brazilian poet, dies at 59
- Jul 13 Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist, dies at 73
- Jul 14 Bernard-René de Launay, French governor of the Bastille prison, murdered during the storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
- Jul 14 Jacques de Flesselles, French provost, shot and killed in the early days of the French Revolution at 58
- Jul 15 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, dies at 74
- Jul 22 Joseph-François Foulon, French politician, dies at 74
