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July was renamed for the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, who was born in that month.

Before the reign of Julius Caesar, the seventh month was called Quintilis in Latin, because it had been the fifth (quint) month in the ancient Roman Calendar.

His son Caesar Augustus renamed the sixth month "August" after himself. The remaining months' numerical names were never changed even after the Roman calendar was revised, which is why the modern calendar has September (7), October (8), November (9), and December as the 9th through 12th months.

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