25 July History


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  • 326    -    Emperor Constantine refuses to carry out traditional pagan sacrifices.
  • 1394    -    Charles VI of France issues a decree for the general expulsion of Jews from France.
  • 1564    -    Maximillian II becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1587    -    Hideyoshi bans Christianity in Japan and orders all Christians to leave.
  • 1759    -    British forces defeat a French army at Fort Niagara in Canada.
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  • 1799    -    On his way back from Syria, Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Ottomans at Aboukir, Egypt.
  • 1814    -    British and American forces fight each other to a standoff at Lundy's Lane, Canada.
  • 1845    -    China grants Belgium equal trading rights with Britain, France and the United States.
  • 1867    -    President Andrew Johnson signs an act creating the territory of Wyoming.
  • 1850    -    Gold is discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon, extending the quest for gold up the Pacific coast.
  • 1861    -    The Crittenden Resolution, calling for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, is passed by Congress.
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  • 1894    -    Japanese forces sink the British steamer Kowshing which was bringing Chinese reinforcements to Korea.
  • 1909    -    French aviator Louis Bleriot becomes the first man to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
  • 1914    -    Russia declares that it will act to protect Serbian sovereignty.
  • 1924    -    Greece announces the deportation of 50,000 Armenians.
  • 1934    -    Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is shot and killed by Nazis.
  • 1941    -    The U.S. government freezes Japanese and Chinese assets.
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  • 1943    -    Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is overthrown in a coup.
  • 1944    -    Allied forces begin the breakthrough of German lines in Normandy.
  • 1978    -    The first test-tube baby, Louis Brown, is born in Oldham, England.

  • 25 July Birthdays

  • 1844    -    Thomas Eakins, American painter.
  • 1848    -    Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of England (1902-1905).
  • 1853    -    David Belasco, actor, playwright and producer.
  • 1880    -    Morris Raphel Cohen, American philosopher and mathematician.
  • 1902    -    Eric Hoffer, American longshoreman and philosopher (The True Believer, Before the Sabbath),
  • 1907    -    Johnny Hodges, jazz musician.
  • 1927    -    Midge Decter, writer and editor.
  • 1935    -    Barbara Harris, actress.