Events in History
- Jul 2 Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), accused of planning a slave rebellion in South Carolina, dies by hanging at approximately 55
- Jul 8 Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom
- Jul 14 Date planned for the slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina by Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas (plot already uncovered in June)
Royal Coronation
Jul 25 General Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st Emperor of Mexico
Historic Event
Jul 26 Secret meeting of Simón Bolívar and Jose de San Martin
- Jul 30 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Birthdays in History
Gregor Mendel
Jul 20 Gregor Mendel, Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), born in Heinzendorf, Austria (d. 1884)
- Jul 22 Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)
- Jul 22 John George Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 1893)
- Jul 23 Darius Nash Couch, American businessman, naturalist, and Major General (Union Army), born in (d. 1897)
- Jul 25 Schuyler Hamilton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Putnam County, New York (d. 1903)
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