- Jul 5 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), committed suicide at 42
- Jul 12 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70
- Jul 15 William Painter, American inventor (crown cork bottle cap and opener), dies at 67
- Jul 19 Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic, dies at 57
- Jul 29 Alexandre Luigini, French composer (Ballet égyptien), dies at 56