- 518 Anastasius I Dikoros, [Dyrrhachium/Durazzo], Byzantine emperor, dies
- 1103 Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
- 1290 King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
- 1460 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English military leader (b. 1402)
- 1480 King René I of Naples (b. 1410) last heir of house of Anjou
- 1535 Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded
- 1573 Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies
- 1584 William I "the Silent" [William of Orange], Earl of Nassau, assassinated at 51 in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard
- 1590 Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540)
- 1594 Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40
- 1621 Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)
- 1653 Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
- 1668 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45
- 1680 Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
- 1683 François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
- 1686 Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76
- 1686 John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
- 1690 Domenico Gabrielli, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 39
- 1690 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
- 1692 Bridget Bishop, 1st person to be hanged in Salem witch trials Massachusetts USA
- 1762 Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76
- 1776 Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
- 1806 George Stubbs, British animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion), dies at 81
- 1838 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
- 1839 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61
Louis-Jacques Daguerre
1851 Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (daguerreotype), dies at 63
Louis-Jacques Daguerre
- 1863 Clement Clarke Moore, American Professor and writer ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83
- 1863 Paul Jones Semmes, American businessman and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 48
- 1868 Carlo Conti, Italian composer, dies at 71
- 1875 Henry L. Benning, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
- 1881 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (b. 1812)
- 1884 Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
- 1888 Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66
- 1889 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler (1841-45), dies at 69
- 1902 Albert, King of Saxony (1873-1902), dies at 74
- 1908 Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar, poet and writer, dies at 78
- 1908 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer and organist, dies at 69
- 1909 Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
- 1910 Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
- 1915 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies
- 1920 Eugénie de Montijo, Emperor of France (1853-71), dies at 94
- 1920 John A "Jacky" Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
- 1920 Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
- 1924 Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
- 1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated at 35
- 1935 Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), dies at 80
- 1937 Attilio Brugnoli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 56
- 1937 Johan Bernard Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga), dies at 71
- 1940 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
- 1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56
- 1943 Arthur Nevin, American composer, dies at 72
- 1952 Rued Immanuel Langgaard, Danish composer and organist, dies at 58
- 1953 Sidney Homer, American composer, dies at 88
- 1954 Calogero Vizzini, Sicilian Mafia boss, dies at 76
- 1955 Henry W Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
- 1956 Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1957 Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright (East River, Three Cities), dies at 77
- 1963 John Sutton, British actor (The Three Musketeers, Tower of London, Return of Fly), dies of heart attack at 54
- 1963 Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
- 1965 Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66
- 1970 Bjarni Benediktsson, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (1963-70), dies at 62
- 1971 Harry M O'Connor, dies of pneumonia at 98
- 1971 Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death
- 1975 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77
- 1977 Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41
- 1978 Michel Gusikoff, American violinist and composer, dies at 85
- 1978 Joe Davis, English snooker player (World Champion 1927-40, 1946), dies at 77
- 1979 Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
- 1980 Komako Kimura, Japanese suffragette, actress and editor, dies at 92
- 1981 Ken Rex McElroy, American resident of Skidmore, Missouri known as "the town bully", murdered at 47 in an unsolved killing in front of a crowd of 30-46 in Skidmore's main street
- 1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
- 1982 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
- 1983 Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
- 1985 Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered
- 1987 John H. Hammond, American music producer, critic and activist, discovered Billie Holiday, dies at 76
- 1988 Errol John, Trinidadian actor and playwright (A Man from the Sun, The Nun's Story, Assault on a Queen), dies at 63
- 1989 Mel Blanc, American voice actor, comedian best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig), dies at 81
- 1989 Thomas "Tommy" Trinder, British radio comedian and actor (Save a Little Sunshine, Phoenix), dies at 80
- 1990 Hans Faverey, Dutch poet, dies at 55
- 1990 Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59
- 1991 Gerome Ragni, American playwright and songwriter (Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical), dies of cancer at 55
- 1992 Albert Pierrepoint, last and longest serving British executioner (est. 433-608 executed), dies at 87
- 1993 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95
- 1993 Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91
- 1993 Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 1994 Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66
- 1994 Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84
- 1995 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74
- 1996 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79
- 2000 Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909)
- 2000 Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
- 2002 Jean-Pierre Côté, French Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
- 2003 Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908)
- 2003 Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902)
- 2003 Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician
- 2005 Richard Eastham, American actor (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Falcon Crest), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
- 2005 A. J. Quinnell [Philip Nicholson], English writer (Man on Fire), dies at 65
- 2005 Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955)
- 2005 Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
- 2005 Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, airshow performers
- 2006 Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965)
- 2007 Abdul Rashid Ghazi, radical Pakistani cleric (b. 1951)
- 2007 Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (b. 1949)
- 2007 Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China (b. 1944)
- 2008 Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938)
- 2008 Mike Souchak, American golfer (15 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1959, 61), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 2010 Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott , Jamaican singer (The African Brothers), dies at 54
- 2011 Pierrette Alarie, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 89
- 2011 Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924)
- 2015 Omar Sharif [Michel Dimitri Shalhoub], Egyptian actor (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 83
- 2015 Roger Rees, Welsh Tony winning stage and screen actor (Cheers), dies at 71
- 2015 Jon [Jonathan Stewart] Vickers, Canadian operatic tenor, dies at 88
- 2017 Betty Dukes, American Walmart employee who fought against gender discrimination (2001 Betty Dukes v. Walmart lawsuit) dies at 67
- 2018 Cliff Downey, Canadian politician (MP, 1968–1972), dies at 89
- 2019 Jim Bouton, American baseball pitcher, author, broadcaster (NY Yankees, MLB All Star 1968, "Ball Four"), dies of cerebral amyloid angiopathy at 80
- 2019 Walt Michaels, American NFL linebacker, coach (5-time Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns; head coach NY Jets 1977-82), dies at 89
July in History
One, Two, Three o'Clock, Four o'Clock . . . riot!
A chubby middle-aged performer caused riots across the world when his music was used as the soundtrack to a movie featuring rebellious teenagers.
July 6, 1925Spiderman! Web Feat Inspires Woebegone Warrior
Battle-weary, defeated and dejected, it took a spider to convince Robert the Bruce, born on this day, that his cause was not lost.
July 11, 1274Killing Spree of Lady Death
Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most successful female sniper in history, having killed 309 German soldiers during the Second World War.
July 12, 1930Voice Of The Century – 'And Not Even Close'
Frank Sinatra cut his first disc on this day. It was a flop. But he would go on to be hailed as the “Voice of the Century”.
July 13, 1939
