25 July - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on July 25, the day number in a year is 206 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 207. July 25 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
July 25 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 306 | Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troopsafter the death of Constantius Chlorus. |
| 1139 | Prince Afonso Henriques led Portuguese troops to victory overthe Almoravid Moors at the Battle of Ourique. |
| 1261 | Alexios Strategopoulos led the Nicaean forces of Michael VIIIPalaiologos to recapture Constantinople, re-establish the ByzantineEmpire, and end the Latin Empire. |
| 1609 | During a hurricane, the crew of the English sailing ship SeaVenture grounded her on the reefs of Bermuda, which is widely believedto have inspired Shakepeare's The Tempest. |
| 1689 | France declared war against England. |
| 1722 | Father's Rally War 1722-25) began along the Maine and Massachusetts border. |
| 1759 | During the 7 years war, the British captured Fort Niagara from the French. |
| 1813 | The first boat race competition in India was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 1814 | War of 1812-In present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, the UnitedStates and Great Britain engaged in one of the deadliest battles everfought on Canadian soil. |
| 1837 | The use of electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated for the first time. |
| 1854 | Walter Hunt first received a US patent for paper shirt collars. |
| 1893 | The Corinth Canal was formally opened, connecting the Gulf ofCorinth with the Saronic Gulf through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth inthe Aegean Sea. |
| 1898 | Spanish–American War: After over two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico. |
| 1909 | French aviator Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel in aheavier-than-air flying machine, flying from near Calais, France, toDover, England. |
| 1909 | Workers started a revolt in the city of Barcelona. |
| 1938 | Two civilian blasts killed 62 civilians and injured about 100 others in a market in Palestine. |
| 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. |
| 1957 | More than a year after obtaining independence from France,Tunisia abolished its monarchy, the Husainid Dynasty, and became arepublic. |
| 1957 | The University of Waterloo in Canada was established in the city of Ontario. |
| 1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. |
| 1978 | Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed bypolice at Cerro Maravilla in Villalba. |
| 1978 | Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitrofertilisation, was born in Oldham, England. |
| 1982 | Zail Singh became the 7th President of India. |
| 1987 | Rangaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth president. |
| 1992 | s. D. Sharma became the 9th President of India. |
| 1993 | Israeli forces launched a week-long attack against Lebanon tomake it difficult for Hezbollah to use southern Lebanon as a base forstriking Israel. |
| 1993 | The Zionist regime again attacked southern Lebanon by land and air. |
| 1994 | The 46-year-old war between Jordan and Israel ended. |
| 1997 | K. R. Narayanan became the 10th President of India. |
| 2000 | Air France's Concorde plane crashed just two minutes after takeoff. In which 113 people died. |
| 2007 | Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female President of India. |
| 2007 | Pratibha Patil became the first woman President of India. |
| 2007 | The country's first female President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil was sworn in. |
| 2009 | Dozens are killed and injured when wildfires spread across France, Spain, Sardinia and Greece. |
| 2010 | U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner declares his interest in allowing the set of tax cuts in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 to expire at the end of 2010. |
| 2010 | WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. |
| 2011 | Former Cuban President Fidel Castro makes his first appearance outside of Havana since leaving office in 2006, visiting a mausoleum in Artemisa. |
| 2011 | Cyclist Alberto Contador wins the 2010 Tour de France while seven-time winner of the event, Lance Armstrong, makes his final appearance. |
| 2012 | Ivica Dacic is officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia. |
| 2012 | The Egan-Jones Ratings Company projects Italy has a one-year default probability of 22%, downgrading the country to CCC+ from B+ |
| 2013 | Scientists in Britain identify the mechanism causing human allergy to cats; they believe a general cure for the condition could be available in the next five years. |
| 2013 | In the midst of an increasing industrial slowdown, China institutes business tax breaks and export liberalization in an effort to boost its economic growth. |
| 2014 | Dutch and Australian police are headed to eastern Ukraine in the continuing search for bodies and evidence in the missile strike of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; separatists have been accused of tampering with evidence and hindering investigations. |
| 2014 | Bose has filed a lawsuit against Beats Electronics for violating various patents related to noise-cancellation technology. |
Famous Birthdays of July 25:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1867 | Alexander Rummler / Painter / United States of America |
| 1992 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan / Politician / India |
| 1917 | Fritz Honegger / Politician / Switzerland |
| 1928 | Dolphy / Actor / Philippines |
| 1657 | Philipp Heinrich Erlebach / Composer / Germany |
| 1923 | Edgar Gilbert / Mathematician / United States of America |
| 1865 | Jac. P. Thijsse / Botanist / Netherlands |
| 1921 | Adolph Herseth / Soldier / United States of America |
| 1658 | Archibald Campbell / General / Scotland |
| 1958 | Alexei Filippenko / Academic / United States of America |
| 1958 | Thurston Moore / Writer / United States of America |
| 1951 | Verdine White / Producer / United States of America |
| 1992 | Sergei Simonov / Ice Hockey Player / Russia |
| 1984 | Loukas Mavrokefalidis / Basketball Player / Greece |
| 1750 | Henry Knox / Politician / United States of America |
| 1956 | Frances Arnold / Scientist / United States of America |
| 1965 | Marty Brown / Writer / United States of America |
| 1948 | Steve Goodman / Writer / United States of America |
| 1937 | Colin Renfrew / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1927 | Sadiq Hussain Qureshi / Politician / Pakistan |
| 1869 | Platon / Bishop / Estonia |
| 1956 | Andy Goldsworthy / Photographer / United Kingdom |
| 1990 | Andi Eigenmann / Actress / Philippines |
| 1975 | Brian Gibson / Bass Player / United States of America |
| 1975 | El Zorro / Wrestler / Mexico |
| 1980 | David Wachs / Actor / United States of America |
| 1936 | Gerry Ashmore / Racing Car Driver / United Kingdom |
| 1935 | Lars Werner / Politician / Sweden |
| 1959 | Fyodor Cherenkov / Fooballer / Russia |
| 1908 | Jack Gilford / Actor / United States of America |
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