Birthdays
George Washington Lafayette Bickley
Turns 42 on this date
Thomas Latimer Cathcart
Turns 58 on this date
Dewitt Clinton Giddings
Turns 38 on this date
Wesley Atwood Hoffman
Turns 21 on this date
George Hunt Pendleton
Turns 40 on this date
John Mansfield Sims
Turns 44 on this date
Joseph Benton Stayman
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In England, William Gladstone loses his seat in the ongoing General Election | 07/18/1865 |
| Education/Culture | On the Hudson River off Poughkeepsie, New York, a boat race for a purse of $6000 ends in controversy | 07/18/1865 |
| Education/Culture | The ninth German-American Saengerfest, a massive week-long choral convention is held in New York City |
07/15/1865 to 07/21/1865 |