Historical Events
- Jul 1 James W. Smith of South Carolina is one of 1st African Americans to attend West Point
- Jul 2 Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium
- Jul 8 Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County to be in a state of insurrection
- Jul 8 US Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
Ems Telegram
Jul 13 King Wilhelm I of Prussia sends the "Emser Depeche (Ems Telegram)" to Otto von Bismarck who publishes an edited version to purposely offend the French government precipitating the Franco-German War
Event of Interest
Jul 14 The United States Congress grants Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension in the amount of $3,000 a year
- Jul 15 Manitoba becomes the 5th Canadian province and the Northwest Territories are created and transferred to Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company
- Jul 15 The last confederate state, Georgia is readmitted to the United States
- Jul 18 Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council officially proclaim the concept of papal infallibility
- Jul 19 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins
Empress Eugénie
Jul 23 Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugénie de Montijo as Regent of France
- Jul 24 1st trans-US rail service begins
- Jul 30 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
- Jul 30 The Republic of Klipdrift is proclaimed by Transvaal President Andries Pretorius after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters; ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the Boer republics
Famous Birthdays
Richard Bedford Bennett (1870-1947)
Jul 3 11th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1930-35), born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick
- Jul 4 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Dutch boulders), born in Graft, Netherlands (d. 1964)
- Jul 8 Marie van Zeggelen, Dutch author (Koloniaaltje, children's books on Indonesia), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1957)
- Jul 10 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), born in Poissy, France (d. 1953)
- Jul 12 Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1949)
- Jul 15 Ernest Walker, British composer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1949)
- Jul 16 Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer, born in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 1956)
- Jul 18 Emil Młynarski, Polish violinist, conductor and composer, born in Kybartai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) (d. 1935)
- Jul 20 Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Russian politician and criminologist (Minister of Justice 1918-19) father of the writer, born in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia (d. 1922)
- Jul 21 Emil Orlik, Czech painter (d. 1932)
- Jul 24 Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., American landscape architect, born in Staten Island, New York (d. 1957)
- Jul 25 Jan Derk Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar (Young Flanders), born in Amsterdam (d. 1955)
- Jul 25 Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
- Jul 27 Henry Lincoln "Linc" Johnson, American attorney and politician, remembered as one of the most prominent early 20th century African-American Republicans, born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1925)
- Jul 27 Hilaire Belloc, Anglo-French author (Path to Rome), born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, France (d. 1953)
- Jul 28 Henri Jaspar, 27th Prime Minister of Belgium (1927-31), born in Schaerbeek, Belgium (d. 1939)
- Jul 29 George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title, 1892; World Featherweight champion, 1891-97 & 1898-1901; 1st Black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1908)
Famous Weddings
John Thompson
Jul 5 Future Prime Minister of Canada John Thompson (24) weds Annie E. Affleck (25) in Portland, Maine
