- Jul 1 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, dies at 62
- Jul 8 Josef Dessauer, Austrian composer, dies at 78
- Jul 11 Ottho Gerhard Heldring, Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions), dies at 72
- Jul 14 Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60
- Jul 15 Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82
- Jul 21 Thomas Hayward, English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60, Australia & NZ 1864-5; Cambridge Town Club), dies at 41
- Jul 24 Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer, dies at 66
- Jul 27 Walter Channing, American physician who was the first to use anesthesia during childbirth, dies at 90
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