- Jul 20 Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie completes the first European east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico
- Jul 22 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
- Jul 23 The Prussians conquer Mainz
- Jul 24 France passes 1st copyright law
- Jul 29 John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay