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What Happened On July 25

Q: What happened on July 25?

1861: American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. 1547: Henry II was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral. 1897: American author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the Klondike's gold rush, from which he wrote his first successful stories. 1894: The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. 2022: The Duffield Memorial (central medallion pictured) in Great Baddow, an "unusual example of Art Nouveau design in metal work", was designated a listed building by Historic England. 1837: The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. 1797: Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). 1783: American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement. 1718: At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in Tallinn. 1593: Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.

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1861 First ever
American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
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1547 Oddly true
Henry II was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.
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1897 First ever
American author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the Klondike's gold rush, from which he wrote his first successful stories.
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1894 First ever
The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
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2022 Weird
The Duffield Memorial (central medallion pictured) in Great Baddow, an "unusual example of Art Nouveau design in metal work", was designated a listed building by Historic England.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1837 First ever
The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
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1797 Oddly true
Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
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1783 Oddly true
American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
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1718 Oddly true
At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in Tallinn.
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1593 Oddly true
Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
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2019National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave. Wikipedia →
2018As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria. Wikipedia →
2010WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. Wikipedia →
2007Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president. Wikipedia →
2001Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, is assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India. Wikipedia →
2000Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing 113 people. Wikipedia →
1996In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. Wikipedia →
1995A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded. Wikipedia →
1994Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948. Wikipedia →
1993Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. Wikipedia →
1993The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. Wikipedia →
1984Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. Wikipedia →
1983Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners. Wikipedia →
1979In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. Wikipedia →
1978Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. Wikipedia →
1978Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. Wikipedia →
1976Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo. Wikipedia →
1973Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched. Wikipedia →
1971The Sohagpur massacre is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army. Wikipedia →
1969Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. Wikipedia →
1965Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. Wikipedia →
1961Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. Wikipedia →
1958The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou. Wikipedia →
1957The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba. Wikipedia →
1956Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. Wikipedia →
1946The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the King (encouraged by the Grand Council of Fascism) and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: 136 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of Mousiotitsa, Greece. Wikipedia →
1942The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation. Wikipedia →
1940General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. Wikipedia →
1934The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. Wikipedia →
1925Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. Wikipedia →
1917Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). Wikipedia →
1915The British capture Nasiriyah from the Ottomans during the Mesopotamian campaign. Wikipedia →
1915RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross. Wikipedia →
1909Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes. Wikipedia →
1909Begin of the Tragic Week in Barcelona in response to troop mobilisations for the Rif War. Wikipedia →
1908Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. Wikipedia →
1898Spanish–American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica. Wikipedia →
1897American author Jack London embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the Klondike's gold rush, from which he wrote his first successful stories. Wikipedia →
1894The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. Wikipedia →
1869The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869). Wikipedia →
1868The Wyoming Territory is established. Wikipedia →
1866The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank. Wikipedia →
1861American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery, in the wake of the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Wikipedia →
1853Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed. Wikipedia →
1837The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. Wikipedia →
1835James Bowman Lindsay demonstrates a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland. Wikipedia →
1824Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua. Wikipedia →
1814War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed. Wikipedia →
1799Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha at the Battle of Abukir. Wikipedia →
1797Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). Wikipedia →
1792The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed. Wikipedia →
1788Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). Wikipedia →
1783American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement. Wikipedia →
1759French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé. Wikipedia →
1755British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. Wikipedia →
1722Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border. Wikipedia →
1718At the behest of Tsar Peter the Great, the construction of Kadriorg Palace, dedicated to his wife Catherine, begins in Tallinn. Wikipedia →
1693Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico. Wikipedia →
1668A magnitude 8.5 earthquake strikes eastern China, killing over 43,000 people. Wikipedia →
1609The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there. Wikipedia →
1603James VI and I and Anne of Denmark are crowned in Westminster Abbey. Wikipedia →
1593Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Wikipedia →
1591The Duke of Parma is defeated near the Dutch city of Nijmegen by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange. Wikipedia →
1567Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. Wikipedia →
1554The royal wedding of Mary I and Philip II of Spain is celebrated at Winchester Cathedral. Wikipedia →
1547Henry II of France is crowned. Wikipedia →
1538The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil. Wikipedia →
1536Sebastián de Belalcázar, on his search for El Dorado, founds the city of Santiago de Cali. Wikipedia →
1467The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. Wikipedia →
1441King Henry VI of England lays the foundation stone of King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Wikipedia →
1278The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile. Wikipedia →
1261The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia →
1139Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal. Wikipedia →
1139Pope 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. Wikipedia →
1137Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. Wikipedia →
918Wang Geon becomes King of Goryeo after overthrowing Gung Ye in a coup the previous day. Wikipedia →
864The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. Wikipedia →
677Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls. Wikipedia →
315The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. Wikipedia →
306Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2014The Guardian
Lord Rennard gets Lib Dem apology for botched disciplinary process
Lib Dems drop investigation into whether his failure to apologise for sex harassment claims brought party into disrepute
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2012The Guardian
Olympic route network opens with some confusion but little congestion
Roads run smoothly but problems on tube and train services renew worries about capital's ability to cope with London…
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1887The New York Times · Front page
BY WAY OF THE BATHTUB
CHICAGO, July 24.--Through what seems to have been the inexcusable negligence of Sheriff Matson, W.J. McGarigle, the…
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