- Jul 20 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- Jul 21 Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits
- Jul 29 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mountains completed, Schoenbrunn, Ohio
- Jul 29 Santa Marta earthquakes destroy much of the capitol city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, New Spain (now Antigua, Guatemala); over 500 killed instantly, and 600 more die later from resulting disease and starvation
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