Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 3 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer and lecturer for social reform, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1935)
- Jul 3 William Wallace, composer
- Jul 5 Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919)
- Jul 7 Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)
- Jul 11 Johannis J van Laar, Dutch chemist (thermodynamics)
- Jul 16 Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist
Lizzie Borden
Jul 19 Lizzie Borden, American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
Lizzie Borden
- Jul 20 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness)
- Jul 24 Alfons Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939)
- Jul 25 Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1917)
- Jul 26 Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama), born in Paris (d. 1940)
- Jul 28 Elias M. Ammons, governor of Colorado, born in Macon County, North Carolina (d. 1925)
- Jul 28 Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, born in Peterhof Palace, Empire of Russia (d. 1922)
- Jul 31 Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1940)
Famous Deaths
Charles Goodyear
Jul 1 Charles Goodyear, American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, dies at 59
Charles Goodyear