Historical Events
Paper Shirt Collar
Jul 25 Walter Hunt is awarded the first U.S. patent for a paper shirt collar
Famous Birthdays
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Jul 3 Czech composer, born in Hukvaldy, Moravia, Austrian Empire
George Eastman (1854-1932)
Jul 12 American inventor (Kodak camera) and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, born in Waterville, New York
- Jul 14 Alexander Kopylov, Russian imperial composer and violinist, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1911)
- Jul 19 Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1925)
- Jul 29 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educational theorist (Theorie der Bildungsorganisation), born in Munich (d. 1932)
- Jul 31 Jose Canalejas, premier of Spain (1910-12), born in El Ferrol, Spain (d. 1912)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 4 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist, dies at 72
Georg Ohm (1789-1854)
Jul 6 German physicist and mathematician (Ohm's law), dies at 65
- Jul 13 José María Vargas, Venezuelan doctor, botanist and 2nd President of Venezuela (1835-36), dies at 68
- Jul 15 Grant Cuthbert, Metis leader (led conflict with Red River settlement, settled Grant Town), dies after a fall from a horse at about 61 [1]
- Jul 15 Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 39
- Jul 18 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
- Jul 31 Samuel Wilson, American meat packer and possible namesake of Uncle Sam, dies at 87
