Zeppelin LZ 1
Jul 2 First flight of Zeppelin LZ-1, a dirigible airship designed by Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, at Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany
Finlandia
Jul 2 Jean Sibelius' musical tone poem "Finlandia" premieres in Helsinki
- Jul 3 The British evacuate Rustenburg and occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek in the Anglo-Boer war
- Jul 3 Trying to stem the growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia
- Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title
Wimbledon Women's Championship
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats rival and fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Jul 4 Williams Jennings Bryan nominated as Democratic Party presidential candidate, USA
- Jul 5 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
- Jul 7 Boston Beaneaters pitcher Kid Nichols notches his 300th career MLB victory with an 11-4 win over Chicago Orphans
- Jul 9 The Commonwealth of Australia is established by the British House of Commons
- Jul 11 Boer General De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns
- Jul 11 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport
- Jul 12 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
- Jul 13 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
- Jul 15 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin
- Jul 16 A report appears in London that all foreigners in Peking, China, have been massacred. Although soon exposed as false, the report helps mobilize support for relief of foreigners
- Jul 16 Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria
- Jul 17 NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas
- Jul 19 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion
- Jul 23 First Pan-African Congress meets in London, organized by Trinidadian Henry Sylvester Williams, makes plea for African self-government
- Jul 23 The Canadian government reviews immigration policy, prohibiting criminals and paupers from landing in Canada
- Jul 24 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed
- Jul 25 Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in same County Cricket match (104 previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs
- Jul 28 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
- Jul 29 In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci
- Jul 30 British Parliament passes several progressive social acts: a Mines Act, a Workmen's Compensation Act and a Railway Act
- Jul 31 Boer Generals Prinsloo & Roux surrender in Brandwater Basin
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