- Jul 1 Ranji (230) & Newham (153) add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex v Essex
- Jul 1 US Congress passes the Philippines Government Act, providing that the Philippines be governed by a commission appointed by the President, with consent from the senate; Filipinos are to be treated as citizens of their land, no the USA
Wimbledon Women's Cham
Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Muriel Robb wins her only major title with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper
Civil Government
Jul 4 Civil government is established in the Philippines by a proclamation from US President Theodore Roosevelt, who offers a general amnesty to insurgents
- Jul 5 All-rounder Monty Noble takes 6 for 52 as Australia wins the one and only cricket Test played at Sheffield's Bramall Lane, England
Accusations Against Manager McGraw
Jul 8 Baltimore manager John McGraw is accused by AL President Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Orioles & Washington Senators; negotiates his release from the Orioles, having already signed with NY Giants
Lord Salisbury Resigns
Jul 11 British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury resigns from his third term in office due to ill health
Arthur Balfour Prime Minister
Jul 12 Arthur Balfour succeeds Lord Salisbury, who retired as British Prime Minister on 11 July
- Jul 14 The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta (reconstructed 1912)
- Jul 15 Indian born England Test batsman K S Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch for Sussex v Surrey in a county cricket match at Hastings; finishes unbeaten on 234
- Jul 16 John McGraw officially becomes manager of MLB New York Giants; 30 year tenure begins (1902-32)
- Jul 17 Lord Tennyson, son of the poet, is named to succeed Lord Hopetown, first governor general of Australia
- Jul 17 Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
- Jul 23 Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
- Jul 24 In Turkey, the Sultan Abdul-Hamid, under pressure from within the Ottoman Empire, appoints a commission to consider reforms that might pacify Macedonian revolutionaries
Trumper's Century
Jul 24 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England
Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons
Jul 25 3 years after winning the title from English boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, American champion James J. Jeffries repeats the dose with an 8th round KO in San Francisco for the heavyweight crown
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