Historical Events In July - 25

1797  Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain) on this day in history.   

1799  French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir on July - 25.   

1804  On this day in history carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education   

1804  On this day in history william Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies   

1814  Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69   

1816  On this day in history christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)   

1822  Gen Agust¡n de Iturbide crowned Agust¡n I, first emperor of M‚xico on July - 25.   

1822  Gen Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st emperor of Mexico on July - 25.   

1822  Schuyler Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on July - 25.   

1824  On this day in history costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.   

1824  On July - 25 richard James Oglesby, Union (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1826  On July - 25 pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 [OS Jul 13]   

1832  On July - 25 the first railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies   

1832  On July - 25 the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurred when four people were thrown off a vacant car on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts   

1832  On July - 25 1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies   

1832  On this day in history simon Hassler, composer   

1834  S T Coleridge, writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1835  On July - 25 ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine   

1837  The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution   

1848  On this day in history 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian   

1848  On July - 25 arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration)   

1850  Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River) on July - 25.   

1853  On July - 25 joaquin Murietta, the famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.   

1853  On July - 25 joaquin Murietta, Chilian/Us military man, murdered   

1855  Edward Solomon, composer on July - 25.   

1857  On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54   

1860  On this day in history the first US intercollegiate billard match (Harvard vs Yales)   

1860  1st US intercollegiate billiard match (Harvard vs Yales) on July - 25.   

1861  On this day in history washington DC   

1863  On July - 25 skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia   

1864  Clement Hoffman Stevens, Us banker/inventor/Conf brig-gen, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1865  Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator (Contact with Plants) on this day in history.   

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1016  Casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058) was born on July - 25.   

1109  On this day in history birth of afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)   

1336  Albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404) was born on this day in history.   

1404  Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant was born on July - 25.   

1421  Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1517  On July - 25 birth of jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist   

1562  Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1575  Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer was born on July - 25.   

0306  Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies on July - 25.   

1409  Death of King Martin I of Sicily on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history john Soreth, French general, dies   

1492  On July - 25 innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies   

1539  On July - 25 lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65   

1564  Ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed on this day in history.   

1580  Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history.