- Jul 3 Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), dies at 78
- Jul 6 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer (Poor law reform, sanitation movement), dies at 90
Henri Nestlé
Jul 7 Henri Nestlé, German-Swiss industrialist (founder of Nestlé), dies from heart attack at 75

Henri Nestlé
Vincent van Gogh
Jul 29 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (Sunflowers), dies 2 days after shooting himself at 37

Vincent van Gogh