What are the important events that happened on July 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 25 is the 207^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 159 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 12, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 478,296 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 188 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,234 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 25 Historical Events

• 1261 –
  The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
• 1554 –
  Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral
• 1783 –
  American Revolutionary War: The war’s last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by preliminary peace agreement.
• 1795 –
  The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.
• 1869 –
  The Japanese daimyō begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
• 1917 –
  Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a “temporary” measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• 1925 –
  Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
• 1940 –
  General Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Operation Spring – one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war: 1,500 casualties, including 500 killed.
• 1993 –
  The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.

Who were born on July 25?

• 1753 –
  Santiago de Liniers, viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (d. 1810)
• 1905 –
  Denys Watkins-Pitchford, writer and illustrator (d. 1990)
• 1916 –
  Lucien Saulnier, Quebec politician (d. 1989)
• 1925 –
  Jerry Paris, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1927 –
  Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (d. 2003)
• 1930 –
  Annie Ross, British jazz singer
• 1934 –
  Don Ellis, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1978)
• 1951 –
  Verdine White, American musician (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1969 –
  Jon Barry, American basketball player
• 1989 –
  Noel Callahan, Canadian actor

Who died on July 25?

• 1492 –
  Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
• 1616 –
  Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
• 1681 –
  Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (b. 1631)
• 1790 –
  William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
• 1834 –
  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (b. 1772)
• 1887 –
  John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)
• 1952 –
  Herbert Murrill, English composer (b. 1909)
• 1959 –
  Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Chief Rabbi of Ireland and of Israel (b. 1888)
• 1963 –
  Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (b. 1877)
• 2009 –
  Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)