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  On July - 25 french-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir   

1804  Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education on this day in history.   

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

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

1814  On July - 25 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  On this day in history schuyler Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

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

1824  On this day in history richard James Oglesby, Union (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1826  On this day in history 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  1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies on July - 25.   

1832  On this day in history simon Hassler, composer   

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

1835  Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine on this day in history.   

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 July - 25.   

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

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

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

1850  Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history edward Solomon, composer   

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

1860  The first US intercollegiate billard match (Harvard vs Yales) on July - 25.   

1860  On this day in history 1st US intercollegiate billiard match (Harvard vs Yales)   

1861  Washington DC on July - 25.   

1863  Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia on this day in history.   

1864  On July - 25 clement Hoffman Stevens, Us banker/inventor/Conf brig-gen, dies at 42   

1865  On July - 25 jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator (Contact with Plants)   

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1016  Casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058) was born on this day in history.   

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

1336  On this day in history birth of albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404)   

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

1421  On July - 25 birth of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)   

1517  Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist was born on this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history birth of kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)   

1575  Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer was born on this day in history.   

0306  On this day in history gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies   

1409  Death of King Martin I of Sicily on July - 25.   

1471  John Soreth, French general, dies on this day in history.   

1492  Innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies on this day in history.   

1539  Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65 on July - 25.   

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 this day in history.