Editing July 25 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[James VI and I]] and [[Anne of Denmark]] are [[coronation of James I|crowned]] in [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>[[Jemma Field]], 'Anna of Denmark', Aidan Norrie, Carolyn Harris, [[J. L. Laynesmith]], Danna R. Messer, Elena Woodacre, ''Tudor and Stuart Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), p. 214.</ref>
*[[1609]] &ndash; The English ship ''[[Sea Venture]]'', en route to [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]], is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at [[Bermuda]] to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
*[[1668]] &ndash; A [[1668 Shandong earthquake|magnitude 8.5 earthquake]] strikes eastern China, killing over 43,000 people.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=CHINA: SHANDONG PROVINCE|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1054|access-date=9 Dec 2020|website=NGDC}}</ref>
*[[1693]] &ndash; Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as [[Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León]], Mexico.
*[[1718]] &ndash; At the behest of Tsar [[Peter the Great]], the construction of [[Kadriorg Palace]], dedicated to his wife [[Catherine I of Russia|Catherine]], begins in [[Tallinn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/410/kadriorg-palace/|title=Kadriorg Palace – Tallinn, Estonia|website=Spotting History|access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Dummer's War]] begins along the [[Maine]]-[[Massachusetts]] border.
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[British Empire|British]] governor [[Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)|Charles Lawrence]] and the [[Nova Scotia]] Council order the [[Expulsion of the Acadians|deportation]] of the [[Acadians]].
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: In [[Western New York]], British forces capture [[Fort Niagara]] from the French, who subsequently abandon [[Fort Rouillé]]. 
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The war's last action, the [[Siege of Cuddalore]], is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] completes his [[Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 40 in G minor]] (K550).
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[Brunswick Manifesto]] is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of [[Tenerife]] (Spain).
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under [[Mustafa Pasha (Egypt)|Mustafa Pasha]] at the [[Battle of Abukir (1799)|Battle of Abukir.]]
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: An [[Battle of Lundy's Lane|American attack on Canada]] is repulsed.
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Costa Rica]] annexes [[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]] from [[Nicaragua]].
*[[1835]] – [[James Bowman Lindsay]] demonstrates a constant [[Incandescent light bulb|electric light]] at a public meeting in [[Dundee|Dundee, Scotland]].<ref name="Challoner">{{cite book |last=Challoner |first=Jack |title=1001 Inventions That Changed The World |publisher=Barrons Educational Series |year=2009 |isbn=978-1844036110 |location=Hauppauge NY |page=305 |display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=James Bowman Lindsay - Local History Centre, Leisure and Culture Dundee |url=https://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/localhistory/jbl |access-date=2 September 2024 |website=Leisure and Culture Dundee}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; The first commercial use of an [[electrical telegraph]] is successfully demonstrated in London by [[William Fothergill Cooke|William Cooke]] and [[Charles Wheatstone]].
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Joaquin Murrieta]],  the famous [[Californio]] bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed. 
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Crittenden–Johnson Resolution]], stating that the war is being fought to preserve the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] and not to end [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]], in the wake of the defeat at the [[First Battle of Bull Run]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the [[Military rank|rank]] of [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]]. [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
*[[1868]] &ndash; The [[Wyoming Territory]] is established.
*[[1869]] &ndash; The Japanese ''[[daimyō]]s'' begin returning their land holdings to the [[Emperor of Japan|emperor]] as part of the [[Meiji Restoration]] reforms. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese Date]]: June 17, 1869).
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[First Sino-Japanese War]] begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
*[[1897]] &ndash; American author [[Jack London]] embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the [[Klondike, Yukon|Klondike]]'s [[gold rush]], from which he wrote his first successful stories.<ref>Peter Lourie: ''Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush''. Henry Holt, 2017. ISBN 978-0805097573.</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: The American invasion of Spanish-held [[Puerto Rico]] begins, as [[United States Army]] troops under General [[Nelson A. Miles]] land and secure the port at [[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Marley|first=David|title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781598841008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DkgGVTOr2EsC|page=604}}</ref>