July 25 in history
Events on July 25
Notable events that happened on July 25 in past years.
- 2019
National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.
Wikipedia article: 2019 European heatwaves - 1996
In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
Wikipedia article: 1996 Burundian coup d'état - 1983
Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
Wikipedia article: Black July - 1971
The Sohagpur massacre is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army.
Wikipedia article: Sohagpur massacre - 1957
The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
Wikipedia article: Lamine Bey - 1942
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
Wikipedia article: Norwegian resistance movement - 1915
RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
Wikipedia article: Royal Flying Corps - 1894
The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
Wikipedia article: First Sino-Japanese War - 1837
The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
Wikipedia article: Electrical telegraph - 1792
The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
Wikipedia article: Brunswick Manifesto - 1718
At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in Tallinn.
Wikipedia article: Peter the Great - 1593
Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
Wikipedia article: Henry IV of France - 1536
Sebastián de Belalcázar, on his search for El Dorado, founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
Wikipedia article: Sebastián de Belalcázar - 1139
Pope Innocent II confirms in the treaty of Mignano the investiture of the sons of Roger II of Sicily to their fiefs and abandons support for the barons opposed to Roger.
- 306
Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
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