What happened this week in history? We round up key anniversaries between 27 July–2 August…
27 July 1919
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was ignited after a young black man was stoned and drowned in Lake Michigan for swimming in an area reserved for white people
28 July 1540
Thomas Cromwell executed
28 July 1919
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, one month after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, sparking the First World War
29 July 1565
Mary Queen of Scots marries Lord Darnley
29 July 1981
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry
29 July 1890
Van Gogh dies
29 July 1588
The Spanish Armada was first sighted by the English off Lizard Point, Cornwall
30 July 1966
England won football's World Cup
1 August 1714
Queen Anne dies
