Historical events on July 25
JULY 25, 1261
Nicaean–Latin wars: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture Constantinople, leading to the reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Latin Empire.
The struggle for Constantinople was a complex series of conflicts following the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of the
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JULY 25, 1965
Bob Dylan, who had previously been known for folk music, gave a controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival playing songs with an electric guitar.
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in
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JULY 25, 1871
William Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, is issued the first US patent for a carousel, a key milestone at the start of the modern American amusement industry.
Davenport is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. It is situated along the Mississippi River on
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JULY 25, 306
Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus.
Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to
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JULY 25, 1943
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
The Grand Council of Fascism was the main body of Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy, which held and applied great power to
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JULY 25, 1547
Henry II was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.
Henry II was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude
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JULY 25, 1788
Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant symphonies in a minor key.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition
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JULY 25, 2007
Pratibha Patil (pictured) was sworn in as the first female president of India.
Pratibha Devisingh Patil, also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India
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JULY 25, 1976
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft, along with Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to
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JULY 25, 1898
Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine
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JULY 25, 1950
Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North
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JULY 25, 1591
Eighty Years' War: Dutch and English forces relieved the siege of Knodsenburg in the Spanish Netherlands, having defeated the Duke of Parma's army in the field.
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the
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JULY 25, 1893
The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.
The Corinth Canal is a canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf
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