Historical Events In July - 25

1865  On this day in history "James Barry", military surgeon, first female Briton to become a qualified medical doctor  

1866  US Grant named first general of Army on July - 25.  

1866  On this day in history 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office  

1866  On this day in history frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist  

1866  On July - 25 aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies  

1867  Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Ewige Hochzeit) on this day in history.  

1868  On July - 25 territory of Wyoming created  

1868  US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho) on this day in history.  

1870  On this day in history jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar (Young Flanders)  

1871  Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa on July - 25.  

1871  On July - 25 carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa  

1883  On July - 25 alfredo Casella, Turin Italy, composer (La Giara)  

1884  On this day in history davidson Black, Canada, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man)  

1885  Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida) on this day in history.  

1890  Julian Rivero, SF CA, actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express) on July - 25.  

1893  On July - 25 dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy)  

1894  On July - 25 the birth of Walter Brennan, American actor  

1895  Yvonne Printemps, Ermont France, singer/actress (Le Duel) on July - 25.  

1896  Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander (Normandy) on July - 25.  

1897  On this day in history writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.  

1897  Hermann Ambrosius, composer on this day in history.  

1898  On July - 25 during the Spanish-American War, U.S. forces launched their invasion of Puerto Rico, a 108-mile long, forty-mile-wide island that was one of Spain's two principle possessions in the Caribbean.  

1898  On July - 25 the first US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay  

1898  1st US troops land & occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay on this day in history.  

1899  Arthur Lubin, film director on July - 25.  

1900  On July - 25 gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match  

1900  On July - 25 enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola)  

1901  On this day in history walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer (Een ship vergaat)  

1902  On July - 25 james J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title  

1902  On this day in history eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author (True Believer)  

1903  On this day in history castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes  

1903  Andre Fleury, composer on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist (Life-Terms, Nobel 1981)  

1907  Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan on July - 25.  

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

1109  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85) was born on July - 25.  

1336  On July - 25 birth of albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404)  

1404  Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant was born on this day in history.  

1421  On this day in history birth of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)  

1517  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0306  Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1492  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed  

1580  Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47 on July - 25.