Historical Events
- Jul 1 Canada joins the Universal Postal Union
- Jul 5 The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established
- Jul 7 Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam
- Jul 9 American inventor Henry Tibbe patents an improved corncob pipe design
- Jul 12 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
- Jul 13 Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire
- Jul 17 Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with H.G. Elliott ceding sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government, Southern Africa
- Jul 18 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-7
- Jul 20 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
- Jul 26 In California, poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box found later with a taunting poem inside.
- Jul 30 German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election
Famous Birthdays
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Jul 3 American father of musical comedy (Phantom President; Give My Regards to Broadway), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Jul 5 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist, conductor and composer (3 Blind Mice), born in Croydon, Surrey (d. 1958)
- Jul 6 Eino Leino, Finnish poet, born in Paltamo, Finland (d. 1926)
- Jul 8 Jimmy Quinn, Scottish soccer striker (11 caps; Celtic 272 games, 188 goals), born in Croy, Scotland (d. 1945)
- Jul 14 Donald Meek, Scottish-American stage and screen actor (You Can't Take It With You; Stagecoach), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1946)
- Jul 15 Willem Paerels, Dutch-Belgian painter and graphic artist, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1962)
- Jul 17 Henri Zagwijn, Dutch composer and musicologist, born in Nieuwer-Amstel, Netherlands (d. 1954)
- Jul 19 Robert Herman Woltjer, Dutch Minister of Education, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Jul 22 Janusz Korczak [Henryk Goldszmit], Polish-Jewish educator and pedagogue (ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto) [or born in 1879], born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1942)
- Jul 22 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin: Martin Luther), born in Nancy, France (d. 1956)
- Jul 24 Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish sci-fi writer (Time & Gods), born in London (d. 1957)
- Jul 25 Heinrich Gebhard, German-American composer, born in Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (now Germany) (d. 1963)
- Jul 29 Don Marquis, Ill, American journalist, poet and playwright (archy & mehitabel), born in Walnut, Illinois (d. 1937)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 2 François Bazin, French composer, dies at 61
- Jul 17 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
- Jul 19 Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (analysis and number theory), dies at 31
- Jul 21 Sam Bass, American Old West train robber and outlaw, dies of wounds from a gunfight with Texas Rangers 27
- Jul 23 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
- Jul 23 Miguel Hilarion Eslava, Spanish composer and priest (Chapel Master Royal Chapel Madrid), dies at 70
- Jul 28 George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon, dies at 58
