- Jul 5 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), committed suicide at 42
- Jul 11 Grace Brown American factory worker, drowned by her boyfriend Chester Gillette, later a famous court case, dies at 20
- Jul 12 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, Brazilian composer, conductor and educator, dies at 70
- Jul 15 William Painter, American inventor (crown cork bottle cap and opener), dies at 67
- Jul 19 Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic, dies at 57
- Jul 29 Alexandre Luigini, French violinist, conductor (Lyon Grand Théâtre, 1877-97; Opéra-Comique Paris, 1897-1906), composer (Ballet égyptien), and pedagogue, dies at 56
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