Historical Events
Parsifal
Jul 26 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal" premieres in Bayreuth, Germany
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Edgar Mayne, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria), born in Jamestown, South Australia (d. 1961)
- Jul 5 Inayat Khan, Indian singer, musicologist, and philosopher (founder of Sufi Order - London, 1914), born in Vadodra, Bombay State, British India (d. 1927)
- Jul 7 Zdzislaw Jachimecki, Polish composer and music historian, born in Lwów, Ukraine (d. 1953)
- Jul 8 John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, British civil servant, politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943-45), born in Midlothian, Scotland (d. 1958)
- Jul 8 Percy Grainger, Australian-American concert pianist and composer (Hill Songs; Country Garden), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. 1961)
- Jul 10 Ima Hogg, American society leader, Texas arts patron. and founder of Houston Symphony, born in Mineola, Texas (d. 1975) [1]
- Jul 10 Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, born in Strakonice, Czech Republic (d. 1949)
- Jul 11 Jim Larkin White, American cave explorer and guide (Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico), born in Mason County, Texas (d. 1946)
- Jul 16 Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1972)
- Jul 16 Felix Locher, Swiss insurance salesman, mapping system inventor, and late in life, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), born in Berne, Switzerland (d. 1969)
- Jul 18 Manuel Gálvez, Argentine novelist (La maestra normal), born in Paraná, Argentina (d. 1962)
- Jul 21 David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
- Jul 22 Edward Hopper, American painter (Nighthawks, House by the Railroad), born in Upper Nyack, New York (d. 1967)
- Jul 25 George S. Rentz, U.S. Navy Chaplain (awarded the Navy Cross during WW II), born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania (d. 1942)
- Jul 27 Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), born in Bow, London, England (d. 1974)
- Jul 27 Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer, born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1965)
- Jul 30 Holmes Herbert, British actor (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Kiss), born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1956)
- Jul 30 Leo van Puyfielde, Belgian art historian and museum curator (worked with the Monuments Men during WWII to recover looted artifacts), born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (d. 1965)
- Jul 31 Grete Gulbransson, Austrian writer and poet (Geliebte Schatten), born in Thüringen, Austria (d. 1934)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 4 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader (Shakers) and composer (Simple Gifts), dies at 85
- Jul 9 Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (b. 1848)
- Jul 11 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday
- Jul 12 Alfred Pease, American composer, dies at 44
- Jul 13 Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882)
Jul 16 American wife of Abraham Lincoln and US First Lady (1861-65), dies of a stroke at 63
- Jul 19 Ivan Gagarin, Russian Jesuit and founding editor of Études, dies at 67