- Jul 1 ANWB forms in Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Jul 3 SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
- Jul 4 Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebraska
- Jul 16 7th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw beats E Renshaw (2-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3)
- Jul 24 Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt
- Jul 28 Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000