- Jul 3 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter, born in Stege, Møn, Denmark (d. 1906)
- Jul 11 Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, German granddaughter of Queen Victoria and wife a Prussian prince, born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1953)
- Jul 11 Richard Beer-Hofmann, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1945)
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
Jul 28 English children's author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), born in London