Historical Events
Event of Interest
Jul 2 Giuseppe Garibaldi begins hunger strike in Rome
- Jul 3 The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power; proves a major obstacle to Italian unification
- Jul 8 St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
- Jul 20 Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield
- Jul 28 Memmon is first clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of NY
- Jul 31 American engraver Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 John Selby, England cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Nottingham, England (d. 1894)
- Jul 2 Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria, born in Brno, Austrian Empire (d. 1919)
- Jul 5 William T. Stead, British newspaper editor (The Pall Mall Gazette - exposed child prostitution), born in Embleton, England (d. 1912)
- Jul 12 William Osler, Canadian physician and author (circulatory system), born in Bond Head, Province of Canada (d. 1919)
- Jul 15 Moritz Heuzenroeder, German pianist and composer who settled in Australia, born in Ottersberg, Kingdom of Hanover (now Germany) (d. 1897)
- Jul 19 Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic, born in Toulon, Var, France (d. 1906)
- Jul 19 François Victor Alphonse Aulard, French historian, born in Montbron, France (d. 1928)
- Jul 20 Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
Jul 22 American poet ("Give us your tired & poor", "New Colossus" - on the base of Statue of Liberty), born in New York City
Famous Weddings
John Abbott
Jul 26 Prime Minister of Canada John Abbott (28) weds Mary Bethune at bride's parents home
Famous Deaths
- Jul 12 Dolley Madison, American 4th First Lady Of The United States (1809-17) as wife of President James Madison, dies at 81 [1]
- Jul 28 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies at 50
- Jul 30 Jacob Perkins, American inventor (father of the refrigerator), dies at 83
- Jul 31 Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet (A virágnak megtiltani nem lehet - You Cannot Forbid the Flower), and revolutionary, last seen alive at the Battle of Segesvár (Transylvania), presumed killed in action at 26
