Historical Events
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 13 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley beats Wilberforce Eaves 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his third Wimbledon singles title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 15 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Helen Jackson 7-5, 8-6 for her first of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
- Jul 16 Lancashire batsman Archie MacLaren scores the first-ever quadruple-hundred (424) in first-class cricket against Somerset at Taunton
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 3 Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, Russian-Ukrainian composer, born in Dvorichnyi Kut, Ukraine (d. 1976)
- Jul 4 Eric Marx, South African cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 3 wickets; 240 on FC debut for Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1974)
- Jul 4 Irving Caesar, American lyricist and theater composer (Tea for Two; Just A Gigilo; Sometimes I'm Happy; Animal Crackers In My Soup), born in New York City (d. 1996) [1]
- Jul 4 Massimo Campigli, Italian painter and illustrator, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1971)
- Jul 5 Gordon Jacob, English composer, born in London (d. 1984)
- Jul 8 Anton van de Velde, Flemish writer and director (God & the Worms) (d. 1983)
- Jul 10 Carl Orff, German composer (Carmina Burana; Der Mond; Mozart Prize - 1969), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1982)
- Jul 10 Maarten Pleun Vrij, Dutch lawyer, criminology professor (University of Groningen, 1928-47), and jurist (Supreme Court Justice, 1947-55), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Jul 10 Nahum Goldmann, Israeli-Zionist leader (Zionist World Organization), born in Wisznewo, Lithuania (d. 1982)
- Jul 11 Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
- Jul 12 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), born in Hamar, Norway (d. 1962)
- Jul 12 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (Rodgers & Hammerstein - "Oklahoma!"; "South Pacific"; "The King And I"; " The Sound Of Music"), born in New York City (d. 1960)
- Jul 12 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), born in Milton, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
- Jul 13 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary's Baby), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 1973)
- Jul 14 Frank Raymond [F.R.] Leavis, British literary critic (Culture & Environment), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1978)
George "Machine Gun" Kelly (1895-1954)
Jul 18 American gangster during the Prohibition era, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jul 18 Marie Ney, British actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft), born in London, England (d. 1981)
- Jul 19 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, born in Yixing, China (d. 1953)
- Jul 20 László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
- Jul 21 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Eshowe, South Africa (d. 1939)
- Jul 21 Ken Maynard, American stuntman and actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), born in Vevay, Indiana (d. 1973)
- Jul 22 Hans Rosbaud, Austrian conductor (South West German Radio Orchestra, 1948-62), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1962)
- Jul 22 James Arthur Calata, African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, born in Debe Nek, King Williamstown, South Africa (d. 1983)
- Jul 23 Aileen Pringle, American actress (Murder at Midnight), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1989)
- Jul 23 Florence Vidor, American actress (Jack Knife Man), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1977)
- Jul 24 Robert Graves, English writer and poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26], born in London, England (d. 1985)
- Jul 25 Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz; Voyage to America), born in Ermont, France (d. 1977)
- Jul 26 Gracie Allen, American comedian and actress (Burns & Allen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
- Jul 26 Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person measuring 2.41 metres (7 ft 11 in) at the time of her death, born in Bartley Green, Northfield, Birmingham (d. 1922)
- Jul 26 Jerry Verno, British actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone, Sweeney Todd), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- Jul 30 Wanda Hawley, American silent screen actress (The Affairs of Anatol), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
Famous Weddings
Marie Curie
Jul 26 Physicist and chemist Maria Skłodowska (27) weds physicist Pierre Curie (36) in Sceaux, France
Famous Deaths
- Jul 2 William Rockstro, English composer and musicologist, dies at 72
- Jul 8 Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)
- Jul 9 Jack Simpson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1884), dies of typhoid fever at 35
- Jul 14 Alexander Ewing, Scottish composer (Jerusalem the Golden), dies at 65
- Jul 19 Charles T. Stork, Dutch industrialist (cotton machine factory), dies at 73
- Jul 19 Henri Ernest Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67
- Jul 28 Edward Beecher, American theologian, dies at 91
- Jul 28 Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1877-79), dies at 72
- Jul 31 Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, dies at 67
