A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 25th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On July 25, 1593, Henry IV, King of France, converted from Calvinism back to the Catholicism of his birth.
On July 25, 1609, the excellently named British ship, Sea Venture, encountered serious storms while crossing the Atlantic Ocean en route to Virginia, and was purposely run ashore to prevent loss of the ship and passengers.
On July 25, 1722, a war started in Maine later referred to as “Dummer’s War,” among other names.
On July 25, 1909, French pilot Louis Bleriot made the first ever heavier than air powered flight across the English Channel in his Type XI monoplane, beating out several rival aviators that were competing for their place in history and also a nice prize of £1000 offered by The Daily Mail, a British newspaper.
On July 25, 1915, the somewhat appropriately named Lanoe Hawker became the first British aviator to shoot down three enemy planes in one day, earning himself the Victoria Cross.
On July 25, 1969, President Nixon declared the “Nixon Doctrine,” stating that from this point on Asian countries were expected to defend themselves rather than rely on the US to defend them.
On July 25, 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya exited her Salyut 7 space capsule while in orbit, thus becoming the first woman to ever engage in an EVA, or “extravehicular activity” in space.
On July 25, 2014, Universal Pictures released Lucy in theaters in the United States of America.
On July 25, 2016, the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were set to begin, culminating in the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Nominee for President, the first major party female nominee for President in the history of the United States.
On July 25, 2017, we celebrated National Hot Fudge Sundae Day.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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