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The illustration for July from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr. Ruby Infographic showing July temperature anomalies globally from early 1900's to today, with a shift from cooler (blue) to warmer (red) years, and a graph correlating El Nino ONI spikes with rising global temperatures.
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The illustration for July from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.
The illustration for July from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, Fr.

July

month
Also known as: Quintilis
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July, seventh month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Julius Caesar in 44 bce. Its original name was Quintilis, Latin for the “fifth month,” indicating its position in the early Roman calendar.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.