Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 4 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist and archaeologist, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1922)
- Jul 5 William C. Whitney, American financier and 31st United States Secretary of the Navy, born in Conway, Massachusetts (d. 1904)
- Jul 9 Carl Lumbye, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1911)
- Jul 11 Daniël de Lange, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1918)
- Jul 11 William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Gates County, North Carolina (d. 1910)
- Jul 13 Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918)
- Jul 23 Edmund John Armstrong, Irish poet, born in Dublin (d. 1865)
- Jul 24 Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta, Spanish Realistic painter, born in Rome (d. 1920)
- Jul 29 Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (1st to identify leprosy as bacteria), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1912) [1]
Famous Deaths
- Jul 27 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and writer (Demon & other poems), dies at 26
