Historical Events
Zeppelin LZ 1
Jul 2 First flight of Zeppelin LZ-1, a dirigible airship designed by Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, at Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany
Finlandia
Jul 2 Jean Sibelius' musical tone poem "Finlandia" premieres in Helsinki
- Jul 3 The British evacuate Rustenburg and occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek in the Anglo-Boer war
- Jul 3 Trying to stem the growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia
- Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats rival and fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Jul 4 Williams Jennings Bryan nominated as Democratic Party presidential candidate, USA
- Jul 5 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
- Jul 7 Boston Beaneaters pitcher Kid Nichols notches his 300th career MLB victory with an 11-4 win over Chicago Orphans
- Jul 9 The Commonwealth of Australia is established by the British House of Commons
- Jul 11 Boer General De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns
- Jul 11 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport
- Jul 12 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
- Jul 13 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
- Jul 15 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin
- Jul 16 A report appears in London that all foreigners in Peking, China, have been massacred. Although soon exposed as false, the report helps mobilize support for relief of foreigners
- Jul 16 Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria
- Jul 17 NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas
- Jul 19 Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion
- Jul 23 First Pan-African Congress meets in London, organized by Trinidadian Henry Sylvester Williams, makes plea for African self-government
- Jul 23 The Canadian government reviews immigration policy, prohibiting criminals and paupers from landing in Canada
- Jul 24 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed
- Jul 25 Gloucestershire captain Gilbert Jessop hits his second century (139 in 95 minutes) before lunch in same County Cricket match (104 previous day); Yorkshire wins by 40 runs
- Jul 28 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
- Jul 29 In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci
- Jul 30 British Parliament passes several progressive social acts: a Mines Act, a Workmen's Compensation Act and a Railway Act
- Jul 31 Boer Generals Prinsloo & Roux surrender in Brandwater Basin
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Tyrone Guthrie, British actor, producer, writer and director, born in Tunbridge Wells, England (d. 1971)
- Jul 3 John Mason Brown, American drama critic (Tonight on Broadway), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1969)
- Jul 5 Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands, born in Nijkerk, Netherlands (d. 1987)
- Jul 6 Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and screenwriter, born in New York City (d. 2012)
- Jul 7 Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
- Jul 8 George Antheil, American pianist, avant garde composer (Airplane Sonata; Ballet Mécanique), and inventor, born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1959)
- Jul 9 Robert Oboussier, Swiss composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1957)
- Jul 10 Bob Catterall, South African cricket batsman (24 Tests, 3 x 100s, HS 120; Transvaal, Natal), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1961)
- Jul 10 Evelyn Laye [Elsie Lay], British stage and operetta singer and actress (Bitter Sweet; The Merry Widow), born in Bloomsbury, London, England (d. 1996)
- Jul 10 Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], Lithuanian-American lyricist ("Stardust"; "It's Wonderful"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "Sweet Lorraine"), born in Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1993) [1]
- Jul 10 Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk, priest and wonder-worker, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
- Jul 13 George Lewis [Joseph Zenon], American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Bunk Johnson; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; "Burgundy Street Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1968)
- Jul 18 Nathalie Sarraute [Tcherniak], French writer (Childhood, Portrait of a Man Unknown, The Golden Fruits), born in Ivanovo, Russia (d. 1999)
- Jul 19 Arno Breker, German architect and sculptor (Third Reich), born in Elberfeld, German Empire (d. 1991)
- Jul 19 Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist and writer (d. 1990)
- Jul 19 Roscoe [Charles Barnet] Harvey, British soldier, born in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (d. 1996)
- Jul 20 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian-American economist (international trade), born in Purkersdorf, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
- Jul 20 Maurice Gilliams, Belgian writer and poet (Maria's Life), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1982)
- Jul 20 Maurice Leyland, English cricket batsman (41 Tests, 2764 runs @ 46.06; Yorkshire 1920-46, 1,000+ runs in 17 consecutive seasons), born in Harrogate, England (d. 1967)
- Jul 24 Zelda Fitzgerald [née Sayre], American writer (This Side of Paradise) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1948)
- Jul 25 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola), born in Salto, Uruguay (d. 1960)
- Jul 27 Charles Vidor, Hungarian director (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1959)
- Jul 27 Hans Haug, Swiss composer, born in Luasanne (d. 1967)
- Jul 28 Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (Behind Office Doors), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1965)
- Jul 28 Maurice Johnstone, English brass band composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1976)
- Jul 29 Don Redman, American jazz musician and orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), born in Piedmont, West Virginia (d. 1964)
- Jul 29 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist (Return to Ithaca; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1974), born in Svartbjörnsbyn, Sweden (d. 1976)
- Jul 31 Elmo Roper, American pollster (Roper Poll), born in Hebron, Nebraska (d. 1971)
- Jul 31 Erich Katz, German-born American composer and musicologist, born in Posen, Prussia (d. 1973)
Famous Weddings
Franz Ferdinand
Jul 1 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (36) weds countess Sophie Chotek (32) in Reichstadt, Bohemia
