- Jul 5 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
- Jul 14 Alfred Krupp, German steel merchant and largest arms manufacturer of his day, dies at 75
- Jul 16 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
Dorothea Dix
Jul 17 Dorothea Dix, American pioneering nurse and social activist who created the first American mental asylums, dies at 85