July

Also known as Jul, 7. month

July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.

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July is the seventh month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in 44 B.C. to honor Julius Caesar, the Roman general and statesman who was born in this month, and it was previously called Quintilis when March marked the beginning of the year.

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short name: Ιούλ.

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Symbols
Observances
Month-long
Non-Gregorian
Movable
First Friday
First Saturday
First Saturday and Sunday
First Sunday
Sunday closest to 2 July
First full week in July
First Monday
5 July or following Monday if it's a weekend
Day after first Monday
Second Monday
Second Thursday
Second Sunday
Nearest Sunday to 11 July
Third Monday
Third Sunday
Second to last Sunday in July and the following two weeks
Third Tuesday
Fourth Sunday
Friday preceding the Fourth Saturday and the following Sunday
Fourth Thursday
Last Saturday
Last Sunday
Thursday before the first Monday
Following Friday
Last Friday
Fixed Gregorian
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It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.