- Jul 10 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
- Jul 17 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
- Jul 19 Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, dies at 72
- Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, dies at 62
- Jul 29 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66