I tried to find some July 4th where something Swedish happened:

> 1708 Battle of Holowczyn: Swedish King Charles XII defeats superior Russian force in surprising vctory

That must have been it.

Given how that campaign ended for Charles, I hope not!

I'm still living in 1708 Sweden, don't spoil anything for me!

The whole world celebrates 4th July thanks to Jeff Goldblum's virus and Will Smith's flying skills /s

>July 4th is only celebrated in the US of A.

Not entirely!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebild_Festival

July 4th matters, even if you are not American. It represents the first non-imperialist great power.

I’m not American by the way.

“Non-imperialist”? What?

First in all of history? I highly doubt that.

Relatedly, I find that with regards to history, most people have quite a large recency bias. If I ask someone who the greatest actors of all time are, at least half will be within the last several years. Same with this question, the first non imperialist great power is likely some random Chinese or Mesopotamian or African kingdom.

Non-imperialist at the time maybe?

Surely some people have birthdays, anniversaries, etc. on July 4th outside the USA.

That must be why it's a coincidence, then, because it's a date in the year that surely some people must have birthdays, anniversaries, etc. on. I didn't think that was unusual for dates, though.

July 4th occurs worldwide.

which is probably why the person you're replying to didn't say "July 4th only occurs in the US of A" but instead said "July 4th is only celebrated in the US of A"

You'd be hard-pressed to find it occuring in Iran.

Do they just skip from the 3rd to the 5th in Iran and have some kind of un-leap year? This is news to me. I thought the calendar was the same all over the world.

They don’t have July. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tir_(month)#Observances:

“Independence Day (United States) - 14 or 15 Tir”

Jokes aside, the calendar is in no way the same all over the world.

All european US vasals are at least very happy to remember this day.