Historical Events
- Jul 20 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- Jul 21 Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits
- Jul 29 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mountains completed, Schoenbrunn, Ohio
- Jul 29 Santa Marta earthquakes destroy much of the capitol city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, New Spain (now Antigua, Guatemala); over 500 killed instantly, and 600 more die later from resulting disease and starvation
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 6 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, Czech composer, born in Choceň, Czech Republic (d. 1830)
- Jul 13 Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art), born in Berlin (d. 1798)
- Jul 23 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, German composer, born in Bliesdorf, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1838)
- Jul 23 Thomas Brisbane, British soldier, administrator and astronomer, born in Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1860)
- Jul 27 Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman, born in Porsgrunn, Norway (d. 1844)
Famous Weddings
Francisco Goya
Jul 25 Spanish painter Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu in Madrid
Famous Deaths
- Jul 5 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
- Jul 7 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, dies at 60
- Jul 12 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist and composer, dies at 76
- Jul 23 George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (father of British ornithology), dies at 79
