Historical Events
- Jul 1 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, Maine to St Stephen, New Brunswick
- Jul 1 General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army's organisation, comes into effect
- Jul 1 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens
James Garfield Shot
Jul 2 US President James Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker; Garfield dies 79 days later
Event of Interest
Jul 4 Booker T. Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute (Alabama)
- Jul 13 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw beats defending champion John Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for first of his 7 Wimbledon singles titles
Sitting Bull Surrenders
Jul 20 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US federal troops
- Jul 26 French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 Piet[er] L. Kramer, Influential Dutch architect (Amsterdam School), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1961)
- Jul 2 Royal H. Weller, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1929)
- Jul 3 Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1951)
- Jul 4 Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1968)
- Jul 5 August Hlond, Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, born in Brzęczkowice, German Empire (d. 1948)
- Jul 6 Josef Winckler, German dentist and writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel), born in Bentlage, Rheine (d. 1966)
- Jul 9 Richard Hageman, Dutch born American pianist, composer and conductor (Caponsacchi), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1966)
- Jul 12 Ludwig Rubiner, German poet and essayist, born in Berlin (d. 1920)
- Jul 19 Friedrich Dessauer, German physicist (radiologist), born in Aschaffenburg, Germany (d. 1963)
- Jul 20 Leon de Smet, Belgian painter (Luminist school), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
- Jul 21 Johnny Evers, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs; WS & NL MVP 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs/WS), born in Troy, New York (d. 1947)
- Jul 26 Alexander J. Kropholler, Dutch architect and writer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1973)
- Jul 26 James Cecil Parke, Irish tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles & doubles, Davis Cup 1912; Wimbledon doubles 1914) and rugby union centre (20 caps; Leinster Rugby), born in Clones, Ireland (d. 1946)
Hans Fischer (1881-1945)
Jul 27 German organic chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1930), born in Hoechst, Germany
- Jul 30 Smedley Butler, American Marine general, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
Famous Deaths
Billy the Kid (1859-1881)
Jul 14 American frontier outlaw and gunfighter of the Wild West, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett and dies of gunshot wounds at 21
- Jul 17 James Bridger, American scout, fur trader and mountain man par excellence, dies at 77
- Jul 19 Isaac Baumann, Jewish pioneer and trader in Bloemfontein, South Africa, dies at 67
- Jul 26 George Borrow, English writer (The Romany Rye), dies at 78
- Jul 27 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, dies at 84
