- 1316 Infante Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
- 1375 Charles III of Alençon, French archbishop (b. 1337)
- 1472 Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
- 1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies
- 1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle
- 1666 Albert VI of Bavaria (b. 1584)
- 1676 Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
- 1681 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies
- 1715 Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
- 1719 Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (b. 1641)
- 1773 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
Stamford Raffles
1826 Stamford Raffles, British statesman and founder of Singapore dies at 44 of apoplexy
Stamford Raffles
- 1833 Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
- 1851 Juanita, Mexican, lynched by California gold diggers
- 1859 Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
- 1862 Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (b. 1800)
- 1871 Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess and politician, dies at 63
- 1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57
- 1887 August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
- 1894 Betty Paoli, writer, dies
- 1904 Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
- 1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
- 1906 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), committed suicide at 42
- 1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahler's eldest daughter, dies at 5
- 1908 Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje: A Domestic Story of the Forties), dies at 74
- 1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
- 1920 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor, dies at 63
- 1927 Albrecht Kossel, German physician (Nobel 1910), dies at 73
- 1932 Sasha Chorny [Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg], Russian poet, dies at 51
- 1935 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58
Chester Greenwood
1937 Chester Greenwood, American inventor (invented earmuffs at 15), dies at 78
Chester Greenwood
- 1945 John Curtin, Victoria, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1941-45), dies of heart disease at 60
- 1948 G Bernanos, writer, dies at 60
- 1948 Piet Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor (1918-25), dies at 77
- 1950 Private Kenneth Shadrick becomes the first identified American soldier killed in the Korean War
- 1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police
- 1957 Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
- 1965 Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (b. 1909)
- 1966 George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel 1943), dies at 80
- 1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65
- 1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
- 1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
- 1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86
- 1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
- 1991 Howard Nemerow, US poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
- 1991 Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87
- 1993 Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84
- 1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Asst Secretary of State, dies at 67
- 1995 Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69
- 1996 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91
- 1996 Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81
- 1996 Lorna Young, salesperson, dies at 44
- 1996 Erik Wickberg, The Salvation Army general (b. 1904)
- 2004 Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
- 2005 James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
- 2006 Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)
- 2011 Cy Twombly, American artist (b. 1928)
- 2014 Rosemary Murphy, American actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner), dies from esophageal cancer at 89
- 2014 Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian, dies at 82
- 2015 Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 94
- 2016 Beatrice de Cardi, British archaeologist, dies at 102
- 2018 Saman Kunan, former Thai Navy SEAL, asphyxiates after delivering oxygen to 13 trapped people in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand at 38
July in History
Five Miles of Mud Costs a Million Casualties
The Battle of the Somme, which began on this day, left one man dead every five seconds. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
July 1, 1916
Final Hours of Ernest Hemingway
Why did Ernest Hemingway, with everything to live for, kill himself on this day? The one thing he did not write is a suicide note but scientists have some answers.
July 2, 1961
Swimwear Reduced to Bare Essentials
Now a common sight on beaches across the world, the bikini created a sensation when a French mechanic launched it on this day in history.
July 5, 1946
One, Two, Three o'Clock, Four o'Clock . . . riot!
A chubby middle-aged performer caused riots across the world when his music was used as the soundtrack to a movie featuring rebellious teenagers.
July 6, 1925