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 July - 25.  

1799  French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir on this day in history.  

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

1804  William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies on this day in history.  

1814  On July - 25 battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British  

1814  Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1816  Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition) on July - 25.  

1822  Gen Agust¡n de Iturbide crowned Agust¡n I, first emperor of M‚xico on this day in history.  

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

1822  On July - 25 schuyler Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903  

1824  Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua on July - 25.  

1824  Richard James Oglesby, Union (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on this day in history.  

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

1832  The first railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history 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  1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies on this day in history.  

1832  Simon Hassler, composer on July - 25.  

1834  S T Coleridge, writer, dies at 61 on July - 25.  

1835  Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine on July - 25.  

1837  On this day in history 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.  

1840  Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution on this day in history.  

1848  1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian on July - 25.  

1848  On this day in history arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration)  

1850  On this day in history gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River)  

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  On July - 25 edward Solomon, composer  

1857  Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

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

1861  On this day in history washington DC  

1863  On this day in history skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia  

1864  On this day in history clement Hoffman Stevens, Us banker/inventor/Conf brig-gen, dies at 42  

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

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1016  On this day in history birth of casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058)  

1109  On July - 25 birth of afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)  

1336  Albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404) was born on July - 25.  

1404  On July - 25 birth of philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant  

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

1517  Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist was born on July - 25.  

1562  Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611) was born on July - 25.  

1575  On this day in history birth of christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer  

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

1409  On July - 25 death of king Martin I of Sicily  

1471  John Soreth, French general, dies on July - 25.  

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

1539  On this day in history lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65  

1564  On July - 25 ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61  

1570  On July - 25 death of ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed  

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