More than most calendar days, it seems like a LOT happened in this date throughout history.
Thanks to the This Day in History site and other assorted sources , we note the following events among those that took place on JUL 1:
1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt. People named Napoleon probably should stay focused on places other than Russia…
1804 – George Sand is born. Still great reading!
1838 – Charles Darwin presents a paper on the theory of evolution to the Linnean Society in London. Science was about to be turned on its head –