July 6

Pre-1600

 * 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
 * 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
 * 1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
 * 1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
 * 1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
 * 1415 – Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake.
 * 1438 – A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
 * 1483 – Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned King and Queen of England.
 * 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
 * 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
 * 1536 – The explorer Jacques Cartier lands at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returns with none of the gold he expected to find.
 * 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
 * 1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
 * 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
 * 1573  – French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.

1601–1900

 * 1614 – Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
 * 1630 – Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
 * 1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
 * 1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
 * 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
 * 1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War.
 * 1791 – At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom.
 * 1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
 * 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
 * 1854 – The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
 * 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
 * 1887 – David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
 * 1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

1901–present

 * 1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
 * 1918 – The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
 * 1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
 * 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
 * 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 ft into the River Irwell.
 * 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
 * 1939 – Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
 * 1940 – Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
 * 1941 – World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
 * 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
 * 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
 * 1944  – The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
 * 1947 – Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
 * 1947  – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
 * 1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
 * 1957  – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
 * 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
 * 1962  – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
 * 1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
 * 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
 * 1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
 * 1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.
 * 1982 – While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board.
 * 1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
 * 1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
 * 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
 * 1996 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.
 * 1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
 * 1998 – Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
 * 2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
 * 2006 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
 * 2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
 * 2013  – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
 * 2013  – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
 * 2021 – An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.
 * 2022 – The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.

Pre-1600

 * 1387 – Queen Blanche I of Navarre (d. 1441)
 * 1423 – Antonio Manetti, Italian mathematician and architect (d. 1497)
 * 1580 – Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)

1601–1900

 * 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
 * 1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
 * 1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
 * 1701 – Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1785)
 * 1736 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
 * 1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
 * 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
 * 1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
 * 1785 – William Hooker, English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
 * 1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
 * 1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
 * 1797 – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (d. 1869)
 * 1799 – Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill, American author (d. 1879)
 * 1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
 * 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
 * 1823 – Sophie Adlersparre, Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (d. 1895)
 * 1829 – Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
 * 1831 – Sylvester Pennoyer, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
 * 1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
 * 1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
 * 1838 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
 * 1840 – José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
 * 1843 – John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (d. 1915)
 * 1846 – Ángela Peralta, Mexican opera singer (d. 1883)
 * 1856 – George Howard Earle, Jr., American lawyer and businessman (d. 1928)
 * 1858 – William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (d. 1943)
 * 1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
 * 1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
 * 1873 – Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
 * 1877 – Arnaud Massy, French golfer (d. 1950)
 * 1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)
 * 1883 – Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (d. 1971)
 * 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
 * 1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
 * 1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (d. 1944)
 * 1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
 * 1887  – Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
 * 1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
 * 1891 – Earle S. MacPherson, American engineer, created MacPherson strut  (d. 1960)
 * 1892 – Will James, American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
 * 1897 – Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
 * 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
 * 1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones, American supercentarian (d. 2016)
 * 1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
 * 1900  – Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941)

1901–present

 * 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
 * 1904 – Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
 * 1904  – Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
 * 1905 – Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect (d. 1982)
 * 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
 * 1907  – George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
 * 1908 – Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
 * 1909 – Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1999)
 * 1910 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (d. 1946)
 * 1911 – June Gale, American actress (d. 1996)
 * 1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
 * 1912  – Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005)
 * 1913 – Vance Trimble, American journalist and author (d. 2021)
 * 1914 – Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
 * 1914  – Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (d. 2005)
 * 1915 – Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (d. 2004)
 * 1916 – Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
 * 1916  – Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (d. 2006)
 * 1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
 * 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
 * 1918  – Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player (d. 2010)
 * 1918  – Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1995)
 * 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
 * 1919  – Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2009)
 * 1919  – Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2004)
 * 1921 – Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017)
 * 1921  – Billy Mauch, American actor (d. 2006)
 * 1921  – Bobby Mauch, American actor (d. 2007)
 * 1921  – Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
 * 1922 – William Schallert, American actor; president (1979–81) of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2016)
 * 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
 * 1924 – Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour (d. 2016)
 * 1924 – Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
 * 1925 – Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (d. 2002)
 * 1925  – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
 * 1925  – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
 * 1925  – Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
 * 1926 – Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
 * 1926  – Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist (d. 2022)
 * 1927 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
 * 1927  – Janet Leigh, American actress and author (d. 2004)
 * 1928 – Bernard Malgrange, French mathematician (d. 2024)
 * 1929 – Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, French politician historian (d. 2023)
 * 1930 – George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2021)
 * 1930  – Ian Burgess, English racing driver (d. 2012)
 * 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
 * 1931  – László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach (d. 2018)
 * 1932 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and academic
 * 1935 – Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
 * 1935  – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
 * 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
 * 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
 * 1937  – Ned Beatty, American actor (d. 2021)
 * 1937  – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1937  – Bessie Head, Botswanan writer (d. 1986)
 * 1937  – Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014)
 * 1939 – Jet Harris, English bass player (d. 2011)
 * 1939  – Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
 * 1939  – Bruce Hunter, American swimmer (d. 2018)
 * 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
 * 1940  – Jeannie Seely, Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
 * 1940  – Siti Norma Yaakob, Malaysian lawyer and judge
 * 1941 – David Crystal, British linguist, author, and academic
 * 1941  – Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
 * 1942 – Ian Leslie, Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host
 * 1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
 * 1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
 * 1945 – Burt Ward, American actor
 * 1946 – George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
 * 1946  – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
 * 1946  – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic
 * 1946  – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1947 – Roy Señeres, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016)
 * 1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
 * 1948  – Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
 * 1948  – Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
 * 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
 * 1949  – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
 * 1949  – Michael Shrieve, American composer, drummer, and percussionist
 * 1950 – John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
 * 1951 – Lorna Golding, Former First Lady of Jamaica
 * 1951  – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
 * 1951  – Rick Sternbach, American illustrator and concept designer
 * 1952 – Hilary Mantel, English author and critic (d. 2022)
 * 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
 * 1953  – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
 * 1953  – Robert Ménard, French politician and former journalist
 * 1954 – Allyce Beasley, American actress
 * 1954  – Willie Randolph, American baseball player and manager
 * 1957 – Phil Mallow, American politician
 * 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedian and screenwriter
 * 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
 * 1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
 * 1962 – Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (d. 2013)
 * 1962  – Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director
 * 1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper and producer
 * 1972 – Daniel Andrews, Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria
 * 1972  – Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
 * 1972  – Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
 * 1972  – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
 * 1974 – Harashima, Japanese professional wrestler
 * 1974  – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
 * 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper and actor
 * 1975  – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
 * 1975  – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
 * 1975  – Kristian Woolf, Australian rugby league player and coach
 * 1976 – Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer
 * 1976  – Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic
 * 1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
 * 1977  – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
 * 1978 – Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer
 * 1978  – Tamera Mowry, American actress and producer
 * 1978  – Tia Mowry, American actress and producer
 * 1978  – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
 * 1979 – Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1979  – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
 * 1980  – Eva Green, French actress and model
 * 1980  – Joell Ortiz, American rapper
 * 1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
 * 1981  – Roman Shirokov, Russian footballer
 * 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
 * 1982  – Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014)
 * 1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
 * 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
 * 1985 – Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor
 * 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
 * 1987 – Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1987  – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
 * 1987  – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
 * 1987  – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
 * 1988 – Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
 * 1990 – Jae Crowder, American basketball player
 * 1990  – Magaye Gueye, French footballer
 * 1990  – Jamal Idris, Australian rugby league player
 * 1990  – Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1992 – Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player
 * 1992  – Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player
 * 1994 – Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player
 * 1995 – Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer
 * 1998 – Comethazine, American rapper
 * 2000 – Zion Williamson, American basketball player

Pre-1600

 * 371 BC – Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
 * 649 – Goar of Aquitaine, French bishop
 * 887 – Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
 * 918 – William I, duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
 * 1017 – Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942)
 * 1070 – Godelieve, Flemish saint (b. 1049)
 * 1189 – Henry II, king of England (b. 1133)
 * 1218 – Odo III, duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
 * 1249 – Alexander II, king of Scotland (b. 1198)
 * 1415 – Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
 * 1476 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician and astrologer (b. 1436)
 * 1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
 * 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
 * 1535 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
 * 1553 – Edward VI, king of England and Ireland (b. 1537)
 * 1583 – Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
 * 1585 – Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)

1601–1900

 * 1614 – Man Singh I, Rajput Raja of Amer (b. 1550)
 * 1684 – Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
 * 1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (b. 1725)
 * 1768 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
 * 1802 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
 * 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
 * 1813 – Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
 * 1815 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician (b. 1764)
 * 1835 – John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
 * 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
 * 1868 – Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
 * 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
 * 1902 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
 * 1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
 * 1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
 * 1914 – Georges Legagneux, French aviator (b. 1882)
 * 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
 * 1918 – Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
 * 1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
 * 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
 * 1946 – Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
 * 1947 – Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
 * 1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
 * 1954 – Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (b. 1866)
 * 1959 – George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
 * 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
 * 1961 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
 * 1961  – Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
 * 1962 – Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
 * 1962  – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
 * 1962  – Joseph August, archduke of Austria (b. 1872)
 * 1963 – George, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
 * 1964 – Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (b. 1906)
 * 1966 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
 * 1967 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
 * 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
 * 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
 * 1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
 * 1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
 * 1976  – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
 * 1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
 * 1978 – Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
 * 1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
 * 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
 * 1987 – Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (b. 1903)
 * 1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
 * 1991 – Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
 * 1992 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
 * 1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
 * 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
 * 1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * 1998 – Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
 * 1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
 * 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
 * 2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
 * 2002  – John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
 * 2003  – Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
 * 2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
 * 2004  – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
 * 2005 – Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * 2005  – Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
 * 2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1925)
 * 2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
 * 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
 * 2009  – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
 * 2010 – Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
 * 2011 – Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (b. 1985)
 * 2012 – Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
 * 2013 – Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
 * 2014 – Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
 * 2015 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)
 * 2018 – Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (b. 1955)
 * 2019  – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (b. 1931)
 * 2020 – Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (b. 1936)
 * 2020  – Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (b. 1962)
 * 2020  – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (b. 1928)
 * 2022 – James Caan, American actor (b. 1940)
 * 2022 – Arnaldo Pambianco, Italian former professional road racing cyclist (b. 1935)
 * 2022 – Norah Vincent, American writer (b. 1968)
 * 2024 – Khyree Jackson, American football player (b. 1999)

Holidays and observances

 * The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
 * Christian feast day:
 * Maria Goretti
 * Romulus of Fiesole
 * July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)
 * Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)
 * Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
 * Independence Day (Malawi), celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.
 * International Kissing Day (informally observed)
 * Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
 * Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
 * Statehood Day (Lithuania)
 * Teachers' Day (Peru)