- Jul 1 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Jul 1 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
- Jul 5 American sealing ship Captain N. C. Brooks discovers the uninhabited Midway Islands in the North Pacific Ocean and claims for the US
- Jul 8 King Charles XV/Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway
- Jul 11 Big Ben's second and current bell first chimes from inside the Clock Tower [1]
- Jul 12 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts
- Jul 22 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-74 in 1st innings for an All-England Cricket XI v Surrey CCC at The Oval in London
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