- Jul 3 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
- Jul 11 Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent v England)
- Jul 11 London's Waterloo Station opens
Conference of Interest
Jul 19 1st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Jul 19 German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg
- Jul 23 Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts
- Jul 25 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian
- Jul 29 Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule put down by police