- Jul 2 William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
- Jul 8 Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)
- Jul 14 Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65
- Jul 19 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73
- Jul 19 Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67
- Jul 28 Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at 72
- Jul 28 Edward Beecher, American theologian, dies at 91
- Jul 31 Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, dies at 67