On July 16, 1858, in order to avoid the temptation of prostitutes, Corbett castrated himself with a pair of scissors.

The July 1858 production of Shibaraku at the Ichimura-za theater in Edo.

Lyell and Hooker agreed that a joint paper should be presented at the Linnean Society, and on 1 July 1858, the papers entitled On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties ; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection, by Wallace and Darwin respectively, were read out but drew little reaction.

He started work on 20 July 1858, while on holiday at Sandown, and wrote parts of it from memory.

* July 2 – Baba Sawan Singh, Indian saint known as " The Great Master ," ( b. 1858 )

* July 17 – Lovis Corinth, German painter ( b. 1858 )

However, Minna's return in July 1858 did not clear the air, and on August 17, Wagner was forced to leave both Minna and Mathilde and move to Venice.

* 31 July 1853 – 21 December 1858: Her Highness Princess Alexandra of Denmark

The Pike's Peak Gold Rush ( later known as the Colorado Gold Rush ) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861.

In the first week of July 1858, Green Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek that yielded about 20 troy ounces ( 622 grams ) of gold, the first significant gold discovery in the Rocky Mountain region.

He performed scouting missions and also served as major and paymaster for the 8th Infantry from July 1858.

Emmeline Pankhurst ( born Emmeline Goulden ) ( 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928 ) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote.

Emmeline Goulden was born on July 15, 1858 in the Manchester suburb of Moss Side.

The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 drama film which tells the story of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, who from February to July 1858 in Lourdes, France, reported eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

However, a peal of Oxford Treble Bob Major was rung on 26 July 1858, indicating that the tower possessed a ring of eight prior to 1881.

It is in this last road order, dated in July 1858, that the use of the name Rolla first appears in the court records.

In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory.

In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County ( in present day Englewood ).

In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory.

In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County ( in present day Englewood ).

Benito Juárez (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872 ) born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858 – 1861 as interim, then 1861 – 1865, 1865 – 1867, 1867 – 1871 and 1871 – 1872 as constitutional president.

is the fourth oldest town in Jasper County, Missouri today, founded in 1856 & platted and laid out for public use July 23, 1858 by Andrew L. Love and David S. Holman.

The town of Avilla was founded in 1856 & platted and laid out for public use July 23, 1858 by Andrew L. Love and David S. Holman.

* Georgiana Howard, Countess of Carlisle ( née the Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish ; called " Little G "; 12 July 1783 – 8 August 1858 ), married the 6th Earl of Carlisle and had issue.

Fully operational Rail Service began in July of 1858 connecting to the town to points west, north and south.

Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 — shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle — and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923 — leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947.

Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai.

In the Chinese language, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The LTTE has been accused of hijacking several vessels and ships in waters outside Sri Lanka, including Ocean Trader ( in October 1994 ), Irish Mona ( in August 1995 ), Princess Wave ( in August 1996 ), Athena ( in May 1997 ), Misen ( in July 1997 ), Morong Bong ( in July 1997 ), MV Cordiality ( in September 1997 ), Princess Kash ( in August 1998 ), Newko ( in July 1999 ), Uhana ( in June 2000 ), Fuyuan Ya 225 ( Chinese trawler, in March 2003 ), MV Farah III ( in December 2006 ) and City of Liverpool ( in January 2007 ).

Location of the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in July 1921, in Xintiandi, former French Concession, Shanghai.

In June and July 2007, 550 people who had been enslaved by brick manufacturers in Shanxi and Henan were freed by the Chinese government.

Mindful not to take sides, Uyghur leaders like Rebiya Kadeer mainly try to garner international support for the " rights and interests of the Uyghurs ", including the right to demonstrate, although the Chinese government has accused her of orchestrating the deadly July 2009 Ürümqi riots.

In July 1937, Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Beijing after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China.

On 1 July 1832, Jardine, Matheson and Company, a partnership, between William Jardine, James Matheson as senior partners, and Hollingworth Magniac, Alexander Matheson, Jardine's nephew Andrew Johnstone, Matheson's nephew Hugh Matheson, John Abel Smith, and Henry Wright, as the first partners, was formed in China, taking the Chinese name ' Ewo ' ( 怡和 ) pronounced " Yee-Wo " and meaning ' Happy Harmony '.

In June or July 2006 the Zimbabwean government secretly bought Chinese rifles, bullets, anti-riot gear and other military equipment in return for 30 tons of ivory, violating the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species which forbids the sale of ivory.

* July 22 – The purged Chinese Communist leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power 9 months after the " Gang of Four " was expelled from power in a coup d ' état.

* July 21 – Race riots begin in Singapore between ethnic Chinese and Malays.

* July 31 – Captain Kerans of the HMS Amethyst decides to make a break after nightfall, under heavy fire from the Chinese People's Liberation Army on both sides of the Yangtze River, and successfully rejoins the fleet at Woosung the next day.

* July 19 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter ( d. 1953 )

* July 1 – Taiping Rebellion: French and Imperial Chinese troops defeat Taiping forces at the Battle of Shanghai.

* July 19 – A Chinese delegate in the Netherlands, Liu en-Tsiu, is declared persona non grata because of the death of a Chinese engineer in unclear circumstances ; there are claims that he was kidnapped and taken to the delegate's office.

* July 22 – The Chinese government declares Dutch delegate G. J. Jongejans persona non grata, but tells him not to leave the country before a group of Chinese engineers has left the Netherlands.

* July 29 – Ma Jir Bo, Chinese Realism oil painter ( d. 1985 )

* July 9 – Wong Fei Hung, Chinese healer and revolutionary ( d. 1924 )

* July 29 – Tang Xianzu, Chinese playwright and poet ( b. 1550 )