Historical Events
- Jul 4 Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts
- Jul 12 Citizens of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, pass a symbolic declaration of independence
- Jul 12 Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan
Event of Interest
Jul 17 Captain James Cook arrives in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
James Cook
- Jul 21 Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 20 Auguste Marmont, French marshal, born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, France (d. 1852)