- Jul 1 Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed
- Jul 1 US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens
- Jul 6 Black candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Dr J. H. Harris defeated
- Jul 15 Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy
Red River Rebellion
Jul 19 Louis Riel speaks at a meeting of Metis residents about rights, setting in motion the events now referred to as the Red River Rebellion
- Jul 20 Children's Hospital Boston is founded by Dr. Francis Henry Brown and other Harvard Medical School graduates, as a 20-bed facility in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 30 The Charles, considered the world’s first "oil tanker", departs from the United States headed for Europe with a bulk capacity of 7,000 barrels of oil
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