Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 25
This is a list of selected July 25 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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| National Day in Galicia, Spain; | refimprove |
| 1139 – After a victory over the Almoravid Moors at the Battle of Ourique, Afonso the Conqueror was proclaimed the first king of an independent Portugal by his soldiers. | refimprove |
| 1536 – Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar founded Santiago de Cali in present-day western Colombia while on his search for the mythical city of El Dorado. | refimprove |
| 1567 – Caracas, today the capital and largest city of Venezuela, was founded as Santiago de Leon de Caracas by Spanish explorer Diego de Losada. | refimprove |
| 1792 – French Revolutionary Wars: Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick issued the Brunswick Manifesto to the population of Paris, promising vengeance if King Louis XVI and other members of the French Royal Family were harmed. | refimprove |
| 1909 – French aviator Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine, flying from near Calais, France, to Dover, England. | Tagged with {{unreferenced}} |
| 1943 – Benito Mussolini was forced out of office by his own Italian Grand Council and was replaced by Pietro Badoglio. | Tagged with {{unreferenced}} |
| 1948 – In Test cricket, Australia set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in history during the Fourth Test of The Ashes series against England. | Is this record important? List of Test cricket records doesn't include it. If it's not an important record, then it wouldn't belong here. |
| 1957 – More than a year after obtaining independence from France, Tunisia abolished its monarchy, the Husainid Dynasty, and became a republic. | outdated |
Eligible
- 306 – Constantine the Great (statue pictured) was proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus.
- 1799 – French invasion of Egypt: Napoleon's decisive victory over a combined Ottoman–British force in the Battle of Abukir temporarily secured Egypt for France.
- 1814 – War of 1812: In present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, the United States and Great Britain engaged in one of the deadliest battles ever fought on Canadian soil.
- 1978 – Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation, was born in Oldham, England.
July 25: Commonwealth Constitution Day in Puerto Rico (1952)
- 1261 – Alexios Strategopoulos led the Nicaean forces of Michael VIII Palaiologos to recapture Constantinople, re-establish the Byzantine Empire, and end the Latin Empire.
- 1722 – Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts, declared war on the Abenaki people to begin Dummer's War.
- 1893 – The Corinth Canal (pictured) was formally opened, connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in the Aegean Sea.
- 1978 – Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed by police at Cerro Maravilla in Villalba.
- 2000 – Air France Concorde Flight 4590, en route from Paris to New York City, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew members, as well as four people on the ground.