Editing July 14 (section)

===1601–1900===
[[File:Henry Singleton the Storming of the Bastille.jpg|thumb|''[[The Storming of the Bastille (painting)|The Storming of the Bastille]]'' by [[Henry Singleton (painter)|Henry Singleton]]]]
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Portolá expedition|An expedition]] led by [[Gaspar de Portolá]] leaves its base in [[San Diego]] and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now [[Monterey, California]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Janin |first1=Hunt |last2=Carlson |first2=Ursula |title=The Californios: A History, 1769–1890 |year=2017 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |page=22 |isbn=978-14-76629-46-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNg5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22}}</ref>
*[[1771]] &ndash; Foundation of the [[Mission San Antonio de Padua]] in modern California by the [[Franciscan]] [[friar]] [[Junípero Serra]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Yenne, Bill |title=The Missions of California |year=2004 |publisher=Advantage Publishers Group |location=San Diego |page=40 |isbn=978-15-92233-19-9}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Storming of the Bastille]] in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bastille-Day |title=Bastille Day |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929200534/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bastille-Day |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bastille Day]] is still celebrated annually in France.<ref name="FN">{{cite web |url=http://www.elysee.fr/la-presidence/la-fete-nationale-du-14-juillet/ |title=La fête nationale du 14 juillet (The national holiday of July 14) |work=Elysée |date=21 October 2015 |publisher=Gouvernement France |location=Paris |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527012840/http://www.elysee.fr/la-presidence/la-fete-nationale-du-14-juillet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; Inaugural [[Fête de la Fédération]] is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=1568380 |last=Etlin |first=Richard A. |title=Architecture and the Festival of Federation, Paris, 1790 |journal=Architectural History |volume=18 |date=1975 |pages=23–42; 102–108 |publisher= SAHGB Publications Ltd |location=London|doi=10.2307/1568380 |s2cid=195026815 }}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; Beginning of [[Priestley Riots]] (to 17 July) in [[Birmingham]] targeting [[Joseph Priestley]] as a supporter of the French Revolution.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schofield |first=Robert E. |title=The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1773 to 1804 |year=2004 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |location=University Park, Pennsylvania |pages=284–285 |isbn=978-02-71024-59-2}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; The [[Alien and Sedition Acts|Sedition Act of 1798]] becomes law in the United States making it a [[federal crime]] to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1700s/The-Sedition-Act-of-1798/ |title=The Sedition Act of 1798 |date=10 July 1798 |work=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |location=Washington, DC |access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; The [[Finnish War]]: the [[Battle of Lapua]] is fought.<ref>{{cite book|title=När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808-1809 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNPRAAAAMAAJ |first=Eirik |last=Hornborg |year=1955|publisher=P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag |location=[[Stockholm]]|language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; Opening of the first major US [[world's fair]], the [[Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A13F93E55147B93C5A8178CD85F468584F9 |title=The World's Fair in New York |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 17, 1852 |page=2 |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101090717/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A13F93E55147B93C5A8178CD85F468584F9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; The [[first ascent of the Matterhorn]] is completed by [[Edward Whymper]] and his party, four of whom die on the descent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whymper |first=Edward |title=Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69 |year=1871 |publisher=John Murray |location=London |pages=387–389 |url=https://archive.org/details/scramblesamongs02whymgoog |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Fire of 1874]] burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Keyes |first=Jonathan J. |title=The Forgotten Fire |journal=Chicago History |volume=26 |issue=3 |date=1997 |publisher=Chicago Historical Society. |pages=52–65}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; American outlaw [[Billy the Kid]] is shot and killed by [[Sheriffs in the United States|Sheriff]] [[Pat Garrett]] in the Maxwell House at [[Fort Sumner]], New Mexico.<ref name="BK1881">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Billy-the-Kid-American-outlaw |title=Billy the Kid |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=23 September 2020 |archive-date=21 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921120107/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Billy-the-Kid-American-outlaw |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; Armies of the [[Eight-Nation Alliance]] [[Siege of the International Legations|capture]] [[Tianjin|Tientsin]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Larry Clinton |title=William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion: Heroism, Hubris, and the "Ideal Missionary" |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, NC |pages=130, 138 |isbn=978-07-86453-38-2}}</ref>