July - the month following June and preceding AugustGregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 Dominion Day, July 1 - a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867 14 July, Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789 summer, summertime - the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" |