- Jul 4 Cláudio Manuel da Costa, Brazilian poet, dies at 59
- Jul 13 Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist, dies at 73
- Jul 14 Jacques de Flesselles, French provost (assassinated) (b. 1721)
- Jul 14 Bernard-René de Launay, governor of the Bastille, murdered during the Storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
- Jul 15 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, dies at 74
- Jul 22 Joseph-François Foulon, French politician, dies at 74