Historical Events
- Jul 6 Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion
- Jul 9 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion
- Jul 10 Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League
- Jul 20 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion
- Jul 25 Admiral George Somers scuttles the "Sea Venture" in eastern Bermuda, the storm damaged flagship of the London Company bound for Jamestown, Virginia. Survivors construct two new ships and continue on to re-supply the embattled colony.
- Jul 26 English mathematician Thomas Harriot is the first person to draw a map of the Moon by looking through a telescope
Event of Interest
Jul 29 Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years