Historical Events
- Jul 2 Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), accused of planning a slave rebellion in South Carolina, dies by hanging at approximately 55
- Jul 8 Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom
- Jul 14 Date planned for the slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina by Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas (plot already uncovered in June)
Emperor Agustin I
Jul 25 General Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st Emperor of Mexico
Bolívar Meets San Martin
Jul 26 Secret meeting of Simón Bolívar and Jose de San Martin
- Jul 30 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails/trains), born in Hadzor House, Worcestershire, England (d. 1899)
- Jul 16 Luigi Arditi, Italian violinist and composer, born in Crescentino, Italy (d. 1903)
- Jul 19 Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and granddaughter of George III, born in Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover (d. 1916)
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
Jul 20 Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), born in Heinzendorf, Austria
- Jul 22 Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)
- Jul 22 John George Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 1893)
- Jul 23 Darius Nash Couch, American businessman, naturalist, and Major General (Union Army), born in (d. 1897)
- Jul 25 Schuyler Hamilton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Putnam County, New York (d. 1903)
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