Editing 1917 (section)

=== July ===
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* [[July]]
** The first [[Cottingley Fairies]] photographs are taken in [[Yorkshire]], England, apparently depicting fairies (a hoax not admitted by the child creators until [[1981]]).
** [[Suze Groeneweg]] becomes the first woman elected to sit in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] in the [[Netherlands]] (although women will not be granted the right to vote until the following year).<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Day The Netherlands|url=https://redyellowblue.org/data/nl/wdnl/|publisher=RYB|accessdate=2024-12-10}}</ref>
* [[July 1]] &ndash; WWI: Russian General [[Aleksei Brusilov|Brusilov]] begins the major [[Kerensky offensive]] in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]], initially advancing towards [[Lemberg]].
* [[July 1]]–[[July 3|3]] &ndash; [[East St. Louis massacre]]: A labor dispute ignites a [[race riot]] in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], which leaves 250 dead.
* [[July 2]] &ndash; WWI: Greece joins the war on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]].<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/greece-declares-war-on-central-powers |title=Greece declares war on Central Powers |language=en |work=history.com |date=November 16, 2009 |publisher=History |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150401184224/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/greece-declares-war-on-central-powers |archive-date= 2015-04-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/minorpowers_greece.htm |title=Minorpowers, Greece |language=en |work=firstworldwar.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150314161847/http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/minorpowers_greece.htm |archive-date= 2015-03-14}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] &ndash; WWI:
** [[Battle of Aqaba]]: [[Arab Revolt|Arabian troops]], led by [[T. E. Lawrence]], capture [[Aqaba]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
** The [[Conscription Crisis of 1917]] in Canada leads to passage of the Military Service Act.
* [[July 7]] &ndash; The [[Lions Clubs International]] is formed in the United States.
* [[July 8]]–[[July 13|13]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battles of Ramadi (1917)#First Battle of Ramadi|First Battle of Ramadi]] &ndash; British troops fail to take [[Ramadi]] from the Ottoman Empire; a majority of British casualties are due to extreme heat.
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Bisbee Deportation]]: The [[Phelps Dodge]] Corporation has over 1,000 suspected [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] members from its metal mines deported from [[Bisbee, Arizona]].
* [[July 16]]–[[July 17|17]] &ndash; [[Russian Empire|Russian]] troops mutiny, abandon the [[Austria-Hungary|Austrian]] front, and retreat to [[Ukraine]]; hundreds are shot by their commanding officers during the retreat.
* [[July 16]]–[[July 18|18]] &ndash; [[July Days]]: Serious clashes occur in [[Petrograd]]; [[Vladimir Lenin]] escapes to [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]]; [[Leon Trotsky]] is arrested.
* [[July 17]] &ndash; King [[George V]] of the United Kingdom issues a proclamation, stating that thenceforth the male line descendants of the [[British Royal Family]] will bear the surname [[House of Windsor|Windsor]], vice the Germanic bloodline of ''[[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]'' (an offshoot of the historic (800+ years) [[House of Wettin]]).
* [[July 20]]
** The [[Parliament of Finland]], with a [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]] majority, passes a "Sovereignty Act", declaring itself, as the representative of the Finnish people, sovereign over the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]]. The Russian Provisional Government does not recognize the act, as it would have devolved Russian sovereignty over Finland, formerly exercised by the Russian Emperor as Grand Duke of Finland, and alter the relationship between Finland and Russia into a real union, with Russia solely responsible for the defence and foreign relations of an independent Finland.
** ([[July 7]], O.S.) &ndash; [[Alexander Kerensky]] becomes [[premier]] of the [[Russian Provisional Government]], replacing Prince [[Georgy Lvov]].
** The Russian Provisional Government enacts [[women's suffrage]].
** The [[Corfu Declaration]], which enables the establishment of the post-war [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], is signed by the [[Yugoslav Committee]] and the [[Kingdom of Serbia]].
* [[July 20]]–[[July 28|28]] &ndash; WWI: [[Austria-Hungary|Austrian]] and [[German Empire|German]] forces repulse the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] advance into [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]].
* [[July 25]] &ndash; Sir [[William Thomas White]] introduces Canada's first [[income tax]] as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
* [[July 28]] &ndash; The [[Silent Parade]] is organized by the [[NAACP]] in New York City, to protest the [[East St. Louis massacre]] of early July, as well as lynchings in [[Tennessee]] and [[Texas]].
* [[July 30]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Finland]] is dissolved by the [[Russian Provisional Government]]. New elections are held in the autumn, resulting in a bourgeois majority.
* [[July 31]] &ndash; WWI: [[Battle of Passchendaele]] ("Third Battle of Ypres") &ndash; Allied offensive operations commence in Flanders.