Historical Events
- Jul 1 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Jul 1 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
- Jul 5 American sealing ship Captain N. C. Brooks discovers the uninhabited Midway Islands in the North Pacific Ocean and claims for the US
- Jul 8 King Charles XV/Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway
- Jul 11 Big Ben's second and current bell first chimes from inside the Clock Tower [1]
- Jul 12 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts
- Jul 22 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-74 in 1st innings for an All-England Cricket XI v Surrey CCC at The Oval in London
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 4 Mickey Welch, American Baseball HOF pitcher (third to 300 career wins; Troy Trojans, New York Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1941)
- Jul 6 Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and novelist (Charles Men, Nobel 1916), born in Olshammar, Örebro County, Sweden (d. 1940)
- Jul 8 Hank O'Day, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher/umpire/manager (umpire 10 World Series), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1935)
- Jul 12 Peter Verigin, Russian Doukhobor leader (led Doukhobor community in Canada), born in Slavianka, Russia (d. 1924) [1]
- Jul 13 Sydney Webb, English socialist and economist (founded London School of Economics) and husband of Beatrice Webb, born in London, England (d. 1947)
- Jul 14 Willy Hess, German violinist, born in Mannheim, Baden, German Confederation (d. 1939)
- Jul 17 Luis Muñoz Rivera, Puerto Rican journalist (founded Federalist Party), born in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico (d. 1916)
- Jul 30 Henry Louis Smith, American physicist who made the first X-ray photograph, born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 1951)
- Jul 30 Henry Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader, born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire (d. 1939)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 5 Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
- Jul 8 Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
- Jul 13 Rufus Choate, American lawyer (Hall of Fame), dies at 59
- Jul 17 Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, German-born Queen of Portugal (1858-59), dies of diphtheria at 22
- Jul 20 Hans E. Schack, Danish politician and writer (Phantasterne - Fantasy), dies at 39
- Jul 23 Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (Bouquets et prières), dies at 73
- Jul 29 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, French composer, dies at 63
