Talk:July 1

July 1: Eid al-Mubahalah (Shia Islam, 2024); Canada Day (1867)

Brown 10-centime Belgian epaulette

• 692 – Berhtwald was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1849 – Belgium introduced its first series of postage stamps, known as epaulettes (example pictured).
• 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate general Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimately unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Virginia.
• 1874 – The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
• 1999 – Legislative powers in Scotland were first devolved from the Scottish Office in London to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.