- Jul 1 Canada joins the Universal Postal Union
- Jul 5 The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established
- Jul 7 Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam
- Jul 9 American inventor Henry Tibbe patents an improved corncob pipe design
- Jul 12 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
- Jul 13 Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire
- Jul 17 Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, signs a treaty with H.G. Elliott ceding sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government, Southern Africa
- Jul 18 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-7
- Jul 20 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
- Jul 26 In California, poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box found later with a taunting poem inside.
- Jul 30 German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election
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