- Jul 4 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman and poet (Suicide), dies at 58
- Jul 6 Conrad Beissel, German born American religious leader and composer (founded Ephrata community), dies at 78
- Jul 11 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Spanish composer, dies at 66
- Jul 24 Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)