July 14, 2026

Name days: Rémy, Camille

Astrological sign: Cancer (June 22 - July 22)

Every year on July 14:

• Bastille Day in France
• Republic Day of Iraq

See also: July 13 - July 15 - All days of 2026

June 11 to July 19: FIFA World Cup, USA, Canada and Mexico

June 24 to July 21: Summer sales in France

July 3-18: Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)

July 4-25: Avignon Festival

July 4-26: Tour de France cycling race

July 6-14: Running of the Bulls (San Fermín) in Pamplona (Spain)

July 9-19: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins

July 10-14: Francofolies de La Rochelle

July 14, 1789: The first major political action by Parisians, and by the French in general, the Bastille — a prison defended by about a hundred men — is stormed by rioters. This day is considered the beginning of the French Revolution, and the fall of the monarchy.

July 14, 1795: La Marseillaise is adopted as the national anthem by the Convention.

July 14, 1880: The motto Liberty, Equality, Fraternity appears on the pediments of all French public institutions, and July 14 is declared the country's national holiday.

July 14, 1933: In Germany, the NSDAP, Hitler's Nazi party, is proclaimed the sole party, amid the disappearance of freedoms and the flight of scholars and intellectuals.