Historical Events
- Jul 1 Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
- Jul 1 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
- Jul 2 US Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act
- Jul 3 Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
Event of Interest
Jul 3 King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lena Rice becomes the only Irish female to win at Wimbledon beating May Jacks 6-4, 6-1
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Irishman Willoughby Hamilton wins his only Wimbledon title beating 7-time champion William Renshaw 6-8, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Jul 10 Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
Event of Interest
Jul 17 Cecil Rhodes becomes Premier of Cape Colony
- Jul 20 "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing
- Jul 20 Snow and hail in Calais, Maine
Van Gogh's Suicide
Jul 27 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself in Auvers-sur-Oise, dies of injuries 2 days later
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Earl Roy Curry, American religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
- Jul 5 Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian and editor of Harper's Magazine, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
- Jul 6 Andy Sandham, English cricket batsman (14 Tests; 1st triple centurion 325 v WI 1930), born in London, England (d. 1982)
- Jul 7 Tom Powers, American actor (Station West, Destination Moon), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 1955)
- Jul 8 Walter Hasenvlever, German writer, born in Aachen (d. 1940)
- Jul 10 André Souris, Belgian composer, born in Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium (d. 1970)
- Jul 11 Arthur Tedder, British air marshal (deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during Normandy landings WWII), born in Glenguin, Scotland (d. 1967)
- Jul 11 Georg Annenkov, Russian-French artist and stage and film set designer ('The Mutiny of the Machines'), born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
- Jul 14 Ossip Zadkine [Zadkin], Russian French sculptor (Destroyed City), born in Vitsebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1967)
- Jul 18 Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), born in Minerva, Ohio (d. 1961)
- Jul 18 Chick Evans, American golfer (US Open 1916), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1979)
- Jul 18 Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history-8 days), born in Mitchell, Queensland, Australia (d. 1983)
- Jul 19 George II, King of Greece (1922-24 and 1935-47), born at Tatoi Palace in Parnitha, Kingdom of Greece (d. 1947)
- Jul 20 Verna Felton, American actress (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, December Bride), born in Salinas, California (d. 1966)
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995)
Jul 22 American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK & Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 25 Julian Rivero, American actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
- Jul 25 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Physical Evidence), born in San Diego, California (d. 1947)
- Jul 26 Daniel J. Callaghan, US Admiral (Medal of Honor), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1942)
- Jul 27 Judith Lowry, American actress (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma (d. 1976)
- Jul 28 Marie Lohr, Australian actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1975)
Casey Stengel (1890-1975)
Jul 30 American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1921, 22 NY Giants) and manager (7 x World Series NY Yankees; NY Mets 1st manager), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Famous Weddings
Henry Morton Stanley
Jul 12 Welsh-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley (59) marries English artist Dorothy Tennant (46) at Westminster Abbey
Famous Deaths
Henri Nestlé (1814-1890)
Jul 7 German-Swiss industrialist (founder of Nestlé), dies from heart attack at 75
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Jul 29 Dutch artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises, Sunflowers), dies 2 days after shooting himself at 37
