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=== July–September === * [[July 5]] – [[Venezuelan Declaration of Independence|Venezuela declares its Independence]] from the Spanish Empire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jul5/venezuelan-independence-day/|title=Venezuelan Independence Day|date=2013-12-16|work=National Geographic Society|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en}}</ref> * [[July 9]] – The [[Great Podil fire]] breaks out in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wdl.org/en/item/8881/|title=View of the Podil Area of Kiev|date=1900|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en}}</ref> * [[July 9]] – British explorer [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] posts a notice at the confluence of the [[Columbia River|Columbia]] and [[Snake River]]s (in modern-day [[Washington (state)|Washington]]), claiming the area for the United Kingdom. * [[July 11]] – The [[Russian Empire]] removes [[Anton II of Georgia|Anton II]], [[Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia]], from his office, placing a Russian-appointed bishop at the head of the Georgian church. * [[July 14]] ** Italian scientist [[Amedeo Avogadro]] publishes his memoir about the molecular content of gases. ** [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] reaches the mouth of the [[Columbia River]], finding [[Fort Astoria]] under construction. * [[July 26]] – Forest fires break out in the [[Tyrol]] region of [[Switzerland]], reportedly destroying 64 villages and hamlets.<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp66</ref> * [[July 30]] – [[Mexican War of Independence]]: Priest and military leader [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]] is executed as a rebel, by the Spanish government of [[New Spain]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miguel-Hidalgo-y-Costilla|title=Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla {{!}} Facts, Accomplishments, & Biography|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en}}</ref> * [[August 3]] – [[Jungfrau]], the third highest summit in the [[Bernese Alps]], is first ascended. * [[September]] – [[Nathan of Breslov]] leads the first annual [[Rosh Hashana kibbutz]] (pilgrimage) of [[Breslov (Hasidic group)|Breslov]] Hasidim, to the grave of Rabbi [[Nachman of Breslov]] in [[Uman, Ukraine]].
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