- 574 John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
- 939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
- 1024 Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies
- 1105 Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
- 1205 Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
- 1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
- 1357 Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
- 1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
- 1399 Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
- 1402 Jianwen, 2nd Emperor of the Ming Empire (1398-1402), dies at 24
- 1551 John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
- 1621 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61
- 1626 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
- 1628 Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
- 1629 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, dies at 44
- 1683 Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
- 1693 Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
- 1705 Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649)
- 1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
- 1760 Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans, dies at 63
- 1761 Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
- 1762 James Bradley, 3rd English Astronomer Royal, dies at 69
- 1777 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
- 1785 Stephen Hopkins, American politician and signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 78
- 1789 Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist, dies at 73
Jean-Paul Marat
1793 Jean-Paul Marat, French journalist and revolutionary (Friend of the People periodical), is murdered by Charlotte Corday in a bath at 50
Jean-Paul Marat
- 1807 Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
- 1859 Rufus Choate, American lawyer (Hall of Fame), dies at 59
- 1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
- 1861 Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 41
- 1863 John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32
- 1877 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
- 1882 Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
- 1889 Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
- 1890 John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (b. 1813)
- 1896 August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist who discovered structure of benzene ring, dies at 66
- 1922 Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
- 1924 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
- 1925 Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies
- 1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
Kate Sheppard
1934 Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragette and the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, dies at 87
Kate Sheppard
Alfred Stieglitz
1946 Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
Alfred Stieglitz
- 1954 Irving Pichel, dies at 63
Frida Kahlo
1954 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter who explored questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender and race in Mexican society, dies of a pulmonary embolism at 47
Frida Kahlo
- 1955 Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59
- 1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
- 1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
- 1960 Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
- 1966 Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 82
- 1967 Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
- 1969 Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela's son, dies in a car accident at 24
- 1974 Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76
- 1976 Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
- 1976 Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
- 1979 Corine Griffith, dies at 84
- 1980 Seretse Khama, 1st President of Botswana (1966-80), dies of pancreatic cancer at 59
- 1982 Michael Blankfort, American writer, producer and director, dies at 74
- 1983 Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
- 1986 Joseph "Coke" Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana, Malo, Azteca), dies from cirrhosis at 45
- 1987 Patience Collier, dies
- 1988 Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
- 1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
- 1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
- 1989 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
- 1990 Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
- 1991 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
- 1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
- 1993 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
- 1994 Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50
- 1995 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group)
- 1996 Walter Hassan, British automotive engineer, dies at 91
- 1997 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great, dies at 92
- 1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
- 2002 Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born Armenian photographer (b. 1908)
- 2008 Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
- 2014 Thomas Berger, American novelist, dies at 89
- 2014 Nadine Gordimer, South African author & Nobel laureate, dies at 90
- 2016 Bernardo Provenzano, Mafia Boss (Cosa Nostra), dies in a prison hospital at 83
- 2017 Liu Xiaobo, Chinese writer and human rights activist, dies from liver cancer at 61
- 2018 Nancy Barbato Sinatra, first wife and life-long friend of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
July in History
Spiderman! Web Feat Inspires Woebegone Warrior
Battle-weary, defeated and dejected, it took a spider to convince Robert the Bruce, born on this day, that his cause was not lost.
July 11, 1274
Killing Spree of Lady Death
Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most successful female sniper in history, having killed 309 German soldiers during the Second World War.
July 12, 1930
Voice Of The Century – 'And Not Even Close'
Frank Sinatra cut his first disc on this day. It was a flop. But he would go on to be hailed as the “Voice of the Century”.
July 13, 1939
Stormy Birth for the House of Windsor
Britain’s King with his German connections faced resentment when World War 1 bombs fell on London. It led, on this day, to a change of name for the monarchy.
July 17, 1917