- Jul 1 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
- Jul 1 Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
- Jul 2 Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act
- Jul 3 Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
- Jul 3 King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lena Rice becomes the only Irish female to win at Wimbledon beating May Jacks 6-4, 6-1
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Irishman Willoughby Hamilton wins his only Wimbledon title beating 7-time champion William Renshaw 6-8, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Jul 10 Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
Event of Interest
Jul 17 Cecil Rhodes becomes Premier of Cape Colony
Cecil Rhodes
Event of Interest
Jul 27 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself in Auvers-sur-Oise, dies of injuries 2 days later
Vincent van Gogh