Historical Events In July - 25

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

1866  On July - 25 uS Grant named first general of Army   

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

1866  Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies   

1867  On July - 25 max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Ewige Hochzeit)   

1868  Territory of Wyoming created on July - 25.   

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  On July - 25 carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa   

1871  On this day in history carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa   

1883  On this day in history alfredo Casella, Turin Italy, composer (La Giara)   

1884  Davidson Black, Canada, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man) on July - 25.   

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  Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history james J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

1902  On July - 25 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 July - 25 elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist (Life-Terms, Nobel 1981)   

1907  Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan on this day in history.   

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1016  On July - 25 birth of casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058)   

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

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

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

1562  On July - 25 birth of kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)   

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

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

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  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 July - 25.