| 79471 | July 12 | Death | 2014 – Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924) |
| 79472 | July 12 | Death | 2014 – Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (b. 1927) |
| 79473 | July 12 | Death | 2014 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (b. 1919) |
| 79474 | July 12 | Death | 2014 – Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (b. 1924) |
| 79475 | July 12 | Death | 2014 – Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950) |
| 79476 | July 12 | Death | 2015 – D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941) |
| 79477 | July 12 | Death | 2015 – Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956) |
| 79478 | July 12 | Death | 2015 – Javier Krahe, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1944) |
| 79479 | July 12 | Death | 2015 – Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950) |
| 79480 | July 12 | Death | 2015 – Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935) |
| 79481 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Blessed Louis Martin and Zélie Martin (parents of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux)Hermagoras and FortunatusJason of Tarsus (Catholic Church)John GualbertNabor and FelixNathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))VeronicaViventiolusJuly |
| 79482 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga) |
| 79483 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979. |
| 79484 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975. |
| 79485 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | Malala Day |
| 79486 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | The second day of Naadam (Mongolia) |
| 79487 | July 12 | Holiday and observance | The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador) |
| 79488 | July 13 | Event | 1174 – William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. |
| 79489 | July 13 | Event | 1249 – Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots. |
| 79490 | July 13 | Event | 1260 – The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| 79491 | July 13 | Event | 1490 – John of Kastav finishes a cycle of frescoes in the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje (now southwestern Slovenia). |
| 79492 | July 13 | Event | 1558 – Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines. |
| 79493 | July 13 | Event | 1573 – Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months. |
| 79494 | July 13 | Event | 1643 – English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller. |
| 79495 | July 13 | Event | 1787 – The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. |
| 79496 | July 13 | Event | 1793 – Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction. |
| 79497 | July 13 | Event | 1794 – The Battle of the Vosges is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria. |
| 79498 | July 13 | Event | 1814 – The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established. |
| 79499 | July 13 | Event | 1830 – The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. |
| 79500 | July 13 | Event | 1854 – In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon. |