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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[306]] &ndash; [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] is proclaimed [[Roman Empire|Roman]] emperor by his troops.
* [[315]] &ndash; The [[Arch of Constantine]] is completed near the [[Colosseum]] in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over [[Maxentius]] at the [[Ponte Milvio|Milvian Bridge]]. 
* [[677]] &ndash; Climax of the [[Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)|Siege of Thessalonica]] by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
* [[864]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Pistres]] of [[Charles the Bald]] orders defensive measures against the [[Vikings]].
* [[918]] &ndash; [[Wang Geon]] becomes King of [[Goryeo]] after overthrowing [[Gung Ye]] in a coup the previous day<ref name="Kang">{{cite thesis |last= Kang |first= Hi-Woong |date= 1964 |title=The development of the Korean ruling class from late Silla to early Koryo |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/302110231 |degree= PhD |chapter= The Eclipse of the Silla Aristocracy |publisher= University of Washington |access-date= 18 July 2023 |id= {{ProQuest|302110231}}}}</ref> 
*[[1137]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] marries Prince Louis, later King [[Louis VII of France]], at the [[Bordeaux Cathedral|Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux]].
*[[1139]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ourique]]: The [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]], led by [[Ali ibn Yusuf]], are defeated by Prince [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] who is proclaimed King of Portugal.
*[[1261]] &ndash; The city of [[Constantinople]] is [[Reconquest of Constantinople|recaptured]] by [[Empire of Nicaea|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Alexios Strategopoulos]], re-establishing the [[Byzantine Empire]].
*[[1278]] &ndash; The naval [[Battle of Algeciras (1278)|Battle of Algeciras]] takes place in the context of the [[Spanish Reconquista]] resulting in a victory for the [[Emirate of Granada]] and the Maranid Dynasty over the [[Kingdom of Castile]].
*[[1467]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Molinella]]: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Sebastián de Belalcázar]] on his search of [[El Dorado]] founds the city of [[Cali|Santiago de Cali]].
*[[1538]] &ndash; The city of [[Guayaquil]] is founded by the Spanish [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco de Orellana]] and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Henry II of France]] is [[Coronation|crowned]].
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Wedding of Mary I of England and Philip of Spain|The royal wedding]] of [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] and [[Philip II of Spain]] celebrated at [[Winchester Cathedral]].<ref>Alexander Samson, ''Mary and Philip: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain'' (Manchester, 2020), p. 110.</ref>
*[[1567]] &ndash; Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day [[Caracas]], the capital city of [[Venezuela]]. 
*[[1591]] &ndash; The [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma|Duke of Parma]] is [[Siege of Knodsenburg|defeated]] near the Dutch city of [[Nijmegen]] by an Anglo-Dutch force led by [[Maurice of Orange]].<ref name="Wat">{{cite book|last1=Watson|title=The history of the reign of Philip the Second, king of Spain|date=1839|publisher=Tegg|pages=474–75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rU71KMHN4V8C}}</ref>
*[[1593]] &ndash; [[Henry IV of France]] publicly converts from [[Protestantism]] to [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]ism.

===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>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ajinomoto]] is founded. [[Kikunae Ikeda]] of the [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] discovers that a key ingredient in [[kombu]] soup stock is [[monosodium glutamate]] (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. 
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Louis Blériot]] makes the first flight across the [[English Channel]] in a [[Blériot XI|heavier-than-air machine]] from [[Calais]] to [[Dover|Dover, England, United Kingdom]] in 37 minutes.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Royal Flying Corps|RFC]] Captain [[Lanoe Hawker]] becomes the first British [[Fighter aircraft|pursuit]] aviator to earn the [[Victoria Cross]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; Sir [[Robert Borden]] introduces the first [[Income taxes in Canada|income tax in Canada]] as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS) is established.
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] assassinate Austrian Chancellor [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] in a failed coup attempt. 
*[[1940]] &ndash; General [[Henri Guisan]] orders the [[Swiss Army]] to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Norwegian resistance movement|Norwegian Manifesto]] calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Benito Mussolini]] [[25 Luglio|is forced out of office]] by the King (encouraged by the [[Grand Council of Fascism]]) and is replaced by [[Pietro Badoglio]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: 136 Greek civilians are [[Massacres of Mousiotitsa|murdered]] by soldiers of the German [[1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|1st Mountain Division]] in the village of [[Mousiotitsa]], Greece.<ref name="Meyer">{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Hermann Frank|title=Blutiges Edelweiss. Die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg|trans-title=Bloodstained Edelweiss. The 1st Mountain-Division in the Second World War|year=2007|publisher=Ch. Links-Verlag|isbn=978-3861534471}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Spring]] is one of the bloodiest days for the [[First Canadian Army]] during the war.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[Operation Crossroads#Test Baker|Crossroads Baker]] device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
*[[1956]] &ndash; Forty-five miles south of [[Nantucket|Nantucket Island]], the Italian [[ocean liner]] {{SS|Andrea Doria}} collides with the {{ship|MS|Stockholm|1948|6}} in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
*[[1957]] &ndash; The Tunisian King [[Muhammad VIII al-Amin]] is replaced by President [[Habib Bourguiba]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[African Regroupment Party]] holds its first congress in [[Cotonou]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: In a speech [[John F. Kennedy]] emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on [[NATO]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Bob Dylan]] [[Electric Dylan controversy|goes electric]] at the [[Newport Folk Festival]], signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] declares the [[Nixon Doctrine]], stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "[[Vietnamization]]" of the war.
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Sohagpur massacre]] is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army.<ref name=kafir>{{cite news|url=https://www.jaijaidinbd.com/wholecountry/184416|title=আজ শেরপুরের সোহাগপুর গণহত্যা দিবস|trans-title=Today is Sohagpur Genocide Day in Sherpur|date=25 July 2021|newspaper=[[Jaijaidin]]|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Mars program|Mars 5]]'' space probe is launched.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Viking program]]: ''[[Viking 1]]'' takes the famous [[Cydonia (region of Mars)|Face on Mars]] photo.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] police shoot two nationalists in the [[Cerro Maravilla murders]].
*  1978   &ndash; Birth of [[Louise Brown|Louise Joy Brown]], the first human to have been born after conception by [[in vitro fertilisation]], or IVF.<ref name="First hIVF birth">{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Martin |title=I helped deliver Louise |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3077913.stm |access-date=18 July 2020 |work=BBC News |date=24 July 2003}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; In accord with the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]], Israel begins its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Black July]]: Thirty-seven [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Tamil]] political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in [[Colombo]] are [[Welikada prison massacre|massacred]] by the fellow [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] prisoners.
*[[1984]] &ndash; ''[[Salyut 7]]'' [[Astronaut|cosmonaut]] [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] becomes the first woman to perform a [[extravehicular activity|space walk]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; Israel launches a massive attack against [[Lebanon]] in what the Israelis call [[Operation Accountability]], and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
*  1993   &ndash; The [[Saint James Church massacre]] occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
*[[1994]] &ndash; Israel and [[Jordan]] sign the [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|Washington Declaration]], that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
*[[1995]] &ndash; A gas bottle [[1995 Paris Métro and RER bombings|explodes]] in ''Saint Michel'' station of line B of the [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
*[[1996]] &ndash; In a [[1996 Burundian coup d'état|military coup in Burundi]], [[Pierre Buyoya]] deposes [[Sylvestre Ntibantunganya]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Concorde]] [[Air France Flight 4590]] crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]], killing 113 people.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Pratibha Patil]] is sworn in as India's first female president.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[WikiLeaks]] publishes [[Afghan War documents leak|classified documents about the War in Afghanistan]], one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[2018 As-Suwayda attacks|As-Suwayda attacks]]: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44949823|title=Syria war: More than 200 dead in suicide attacks|work=BBC|date=25 July 2018|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the [[July 2019 European heat wave]].

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[975]] &ndash; [[Thietmar of Merseburg|Thietmar]], bishop of Merseburg (d. 1018)
*[[1016]] &ndash; [[Casimir I the Restorer]], duke of Poland (d. 1058)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gallus (Anonymus)|title=Anonima tzw. Galla kronika czyli Dzieje ksi???t i w?adc¢w polskich|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a1_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9241-40-4|pages=73–}}</ref>
*[[1109]] &ndash; [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]], king of Portugal (d. 1185)
*[[1165]] &ndash; [[Ibn Arabi]], Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (d. 1240)
*[[1261]] &ndash; [[Arthur II, Duke of Brittany]] (d. 1312)
*[[1291]] &ndash; [[Hawys Gadarn]], Welsh noblewoman (d. 1353)
*[[1336]] &ndash; [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1404)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Mueller|title=The Wittelsbach Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVcjAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Waldmann Press|isbn=978-0-9702576-3-5}}</ref>
*[[1394]] &ndash; [[James I of Scotland|James I]], king of Scotland (d. 1437)
*[[1404]] &ndash; [[Philip I, Duke of Brabant]] (d. 1430)
*[[1421]] &ndash; [[Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland]], English politician (d. 1461)
*[[1450]] &ndash; [[Jakob Wimpfeling]], Renaissance humanist (d. 1528)
*[[1486]] &ndash; [[Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (d. 1547)
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Hernando de Aragón]], [[Archbishop of Zaragoza]] (d. 1575)
*[[1532]] &ndash; [[Alphonsus Rodriguez]], Jesuit lay brother and saint (d. 1617)
*[[1556]] &ndash; [[George Peele]], English translator, poet, and dramatist (d. 1596)
*[[1562]] &ndash; [[Katō Kiyomasa]], Japanese warlord (d. 1611)
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Christoph Scheiner]], German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650)
*[[1581]] &ndash; [[Brian Twyne]], English archivist (d. 1644)
===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Theodore Haak]], German scholar (d. 1690)
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Joseph Williamson (English politician)|Joseph Williamson]], English politician (d. 1701)
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Louis I, Prince of Monaco]] (d. 1701)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume III Early Modern |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86452-6 |page=19 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/MWbFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19-IA31&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Agostino Steffani]], Italian composer and diplomat (d. 1728)
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Philipp Heinrich Erlebach]], German composer (d. 1714)
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll]], Scottish general (d. 1703)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Pieter Langendijk]], Dutch playwright and poet (d. 1756)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Henry Knox]], American general and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of War]] (d. 1806)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires]], French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] (d. 1810)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel]] (d. 1889)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Maria Weston Chapman]], American abolitionist (d. 1885)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Francis Garnier]], French captain and explorer (d. 1873)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Thomas Eakins]], American painter, sculptor, and photographer (d. 1916)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Paul Langerhans]],  German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Arthur Balfour]], Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1930)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Frank J. Sprague]], American naval officer and inventor (d. 1934)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Jac. P. Thijsse]], Dutch botanist and conservationist (d. 1945)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Frederick Blackman]], English physiologist and academic (d. 1947)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Max Dauthendey]], German author and painter (d. 1918)
*  1867   &ndash; [[Alexander Rummler]], American painter (d. 1959)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Platon (Kulbusch)|Platon]], Estonian bishop and saint (d. 1919)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Maxfield Parrish]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1966)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Jim Corbett]], Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (d. 1955)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Masaharu Anesaki]], Japanese philosopher and scholar (d. 1949)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[George S. Rentz]], American commander (d. 1942)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alfredo Casella]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1947)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Edward Cummins]], American golfer (d. 1926)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Walter Brennan]], American actor (d. 1974)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Gavrilo Princip]], Bosnian Serb revolutionary (d. 1918)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Ingeborg Spangsfeldt]], Danish actress (d. 1968)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Jack Perrin]], American actor and stuntman (d. 1967)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Josephine Tey]], Scottish author and playwright (d. 1952)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Ruth Krauss]], American author and poet (d. 1993)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Mohammed Helmy]], Egyptian physician and [[Righteous Among the Nations]] (d. 1982)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Lila Lee]], American actress and singer (d. 1973)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Eric Hoffer]], American philosopher and author (d. 1983)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Elias Canetti]], Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1994)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Georges Grignard]], French race car driver (d. 1977)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Denys Watkins-Pitchford]], English author and illustrator (d. 1990)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Johnny Hodges]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Bill Bowes]], English cricketer (d. 1987)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Ambroise-Marie Carré]], French priest and author (d. 2004)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Jack Gilford]], American actor (d. 1990)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Francis]], American centenarian (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caplan |first=Anna Lazarus |date=2023-08-11 |title=Houston Woman Born During Taft Presidency Marks 114th Birthday with Five Generations of Family |url=https://people.com/houston-woman-born-during-taft-presidency-marks-114th-birthday-with-5-generations-of-family-7642419 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Woody Strode]], American football player and actor (d. 1994)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[S. U. Ethirmanasingham]], Sri Lankan businessman and politician
*  1915   &ndash; [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]], American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Lucien Saulnier]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Fritz Honegger]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Jane Frank]], American painter and sculptor (d. 1986)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Rosalind Franklin]], English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Burtron H. |last2=Strom |first2=E. Thomas |title=Rosalind Franklin: Her Pathway to DNA |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=265–282 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch011|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Adolph Herseth]], American soldier and trumpet player  (d. 2013)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Lionel Terray]], French mountaineer (d. 1965)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[John B. Goodenough]], American materials scientist, physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/goodenough/facts/|title=John B. Goodenough|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Estelle Getty]], American actress (d. 2008)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Edgar Gilbert]], American mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Maria Gripe]], Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Frank Church]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Scotch Taylor]], South African cricketer and hockey player (d. 2004)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Benny Benjamin]], American R&B drummer (d. 1969)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Jerry Paris]], American actor and director (d. 1986)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Dick Passwater]], American race car driver (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Dick_Passwater|title=Dick Passwater|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Jutta Zilliacus]], Finnish journalist and politician
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Whitey Lockman]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2009)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Bernard Thompson (director)|Bernard Thompson]], British television producer and director (d. 1998)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Beatriz Segall]], Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Daniel Ceccaldi]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Midge Decter]], American journalist and author (d. 2022)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Sadiq Hussain Qureshi]], Pakistani politician, 10th [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]] (d. 2000)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Seroney]], Kenyan activist and politician (d. 1982)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Dolphy]], Filipino actor, singer, and producer (d. 2012)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Mario Montenegro]], Filipino actor (d. 1988)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Nils Taube]], Estonian-English businessman (d. 2008) 
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Judd Buchanan]], Canadian businessman and politician, 36th [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Public Works]]
*  1929   &ndash; [[Somnath Chatterjee]], Indian lawyer and politician, 14th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (d. 2018)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Eddie Mazur]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1995)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Murray Chapple]], New Zealand cricketer and manager (d. 1985)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Maureen Forrester]], Canadian actress and singer (d. 2010)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Alice Parizeau]], Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (d. 1990)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Herbert Scarf]], American economist and academic (d. 2015)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Annie Ross]], Scottish-American singer and actress (d. 2020)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[James Butler (artist)|James Butler]], English sculptor and educator (d. 2022)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Paul J. Weitz]], American astronaut (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Canales |first1=Christina |title=Skylab, Shuttle Astronaut Paul Weitz Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/skylab-shuttle-astronaut-paul-weitz-dies-at-85 |website=NASA |access-date=22 October 2020 |date=25 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Don Ellis]], American trumpet player and composer (d. 1978)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Claude Zidi]], French director and screenwriter
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]], American actress and singer (d. 2018)
*  1935 &ndash; [[Adnan Khashoggi]], Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2017)
*  1935 &ndash; [[Gilbert Parent]], Canadian educator and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] (d. 2009)
*  1935 &ndash; [[John Robinson (American football coach)|John Robinson]], American football player and coach (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dragon |first=Tyler |date=November 11, 2024 |title=John Robinson, former USC Trojans and Los Angeles Rams coach, dies at 89 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2024/11/11/john-robinson-football-coach-dies-rams-trojans/76209435007/ |access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1935 &ndash; [[Larry Sherry]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
*  1935 &ndash; [[Lars Werner]], Swedish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Gerry Ashmore]], English race car driver (d. 2021)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Glenn Murcutt]], English-Australian architect and academic
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn]], English archaeologist and academic
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[S. Ramadoss]], Indian politician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pmtamil-nadu-cm-greet-pmk-founder-s-ramadoss-on-his-82nd-birthday/articleshow/77173921.cms|title=PM,Tamil Nadu CM greet PMK founder S Ramadoss on his 82nd birthday|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 July 2020 }}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Richard Ballantine]], American-English journalist and author (d. 2013)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Manny Charlton]], Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (d. 2022) 
*  1941   &ndash; [[Nate Thurmond]], American basketball player (d. 2016)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Emmett Till]], African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (d. 1955)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Bruce Woodley]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jim McCarty]], English singer and drummer 
*  1943   &ndash; [[Erika Steinbach]], Polish-German politician
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Sally Beauman]], English journalist and author (d. 2016)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[José Areas]], Nicaraguan drummer 
*  1946   &ndash; [[Nicole Farhi]], French fashion designer and sculptor
*  1946   &ndash; [[John Gibson (political commentator)|John Gibson]], American radio host
*  1946   &ndash; [[Rita Marley]], Cuban-Jamaican singer 
*  1946   &ndash; [[P. Selvarasa]], Sri Lankan politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ljupka Dimitrovska]], Macedonian-Croatian pop singer (d. 2016)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Steve Goodman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Mark Clarke (musician)|Mark Clarke]], English singer-songwriter and bass player 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jack Thompson (activist)|Jack Thompson]], American lawyer and activist 
*  1951   &ndash; [[Verdine White]], American bass player and producer 
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Souto de Moura]], Portuguese architect, designed the [[Estádio Municipal de Braga]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Walter Payton]], American football player and race car driver (d. 1999)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Joseph A. Tunzi]], [[Chicago]] based author, foremost expert on [[Elvis Presley]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Robert Zoellick]], American banker and politician, 14th [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]]
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ken Greer]], Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer 
*  1954   &ndash; [[Sheena McDonald]], Scottish journalist
*  1954   &ndash; [[Jochem Ziegert]], German footballer and manager
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Iman (model)|Iman]], Somalian-English model and actress
*  1955   &ndash; [[Randall Bewley]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Frances Arnold]], American scientist and engineer
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Mark Hunter (politician)|Mark Hunter]], English politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Steve Podborski]], Canadian skier 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Alexei Filippenko]], American astrophysicist and academic
*  1958   &ndash; [[Thurston Moore]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Fyodor Cherenkov]], Russian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Zakarian]], American chef and author
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Alain Robidoux]], Canadian snooker player
*  1960   &ndash; [[Justice Howard]], American photographer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Māris Martinsons (director)|Māris Martinsons]], Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Carin Bakkum]], Dutch tennis player
*  1962   &ndash; [[Doug Drabek]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Denis Coderre]], Canadian politician, 44th [[Mayor of Montreal]]
*  1963   &ndash; [[Julian Hodgson]], Welsh chess player
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Anne Applebaum]], American journalist and author
*  1964   &ndash; [[Tony Granato]], American ice hockey player and coach
*  1964   &ndash; [[Breuk Iversen]], American designer and journalist
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Marty Brown (singer)|Marty Brown]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1965   &ndash; [[Illeana Douglas]], American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1965   &ndash; [[Torey Lovullo]], American baseball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Torey Lovullo Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie ... |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lovulto01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Dale Shearer]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Daryl Halligan]], New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
*  1966   &ndash; [[Maureen Herman]], American bass player 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Diana Johnson]], English politician
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Matt LeBlanc]], American actor and producer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ruth Peetoom]], Dutch minister and politician
*  1967   &ndash; [[Tommy Skjerven]], Norwegian footballer and referee
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Rudi Bryson]], South African cricketer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Shi Tao (journalist)|Shi Tao]], Chinese journalist and poet
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Jon Barry]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*  1969   &ndash; [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]], Australian politician, 39th [[Premier of Queensland]]
*  1969   &ndash; [[D. B. Woodside]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Roger Creager]], American singer-songwriter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tracy Murray]], American basketball player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Billy Wagner]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[David Penna]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[David Denman]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 25, 2022 includes celebrity Matt LeBlanc |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-25-2022-includes-celebrity-matt-leblanc.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=25 July 2022}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Dani Filth]], English singer-songwriter 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Kevin Phillips (footballer)|Kevin Phillips]], English footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Igli Tare]], Albanian footballer  
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Lauren Faust]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter
*  1974   &ndash; [[Julia Laffranque]], Estonian lawyer and judge
*  1974   &ndash; [[Kenzo Suzuki]], Japanese rugby player and wrestler
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jody Craddock]], English footballer and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Darcheville]], Guianan-French footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[El Zorro (wrestler)|El Zorro]], Mexican wrestler
*  1975   &ndash; [[Brian Gibson (musician)|Brian Gibson]], American bass player 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Evgeni Nabokov]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Marcos Assunção]], Brazilian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan]], Macedonian poet and critic
*  1976   &ndash; [[Javier Vázquez (baseball)|Javier Vázquez]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Kenny Thomas (basketball)|Kenny Thomas]], American basketball player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Gerard Warren]], American football player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Ali Carter]], English snooker player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Tom Lungley]], English cricketer and umpire
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ahmed Tantawi]], Egyptian politician and journalist<ref>{{cite web | last1 =Hatem | first1 =Mona | language =ar | title= Phase2 individual winners |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | publisher= [[National Elections Commission (Egypt)|National Elections Commission]] |date =16 December 2015 | url = https://parliament2015.elections.eg/static/stage_2_winners/excels/Phase2_individual-winners.xls |format = [[Microsoft Excel#File formats|xls]] | access-date = 13 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191113104601/https://parliament2015.elections.eg/static/stage_2_winners/excels/Phase2_individual-winners.xls |archive-date= 13 November 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Shawn Riggans]], American baseball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Toni Vilander]], Finnish race car driver
*  1980   &ndash; [[David Wachs]], American actor and producer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Scott Waldrom]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Finn Bálor]], Irish wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Finn Balor |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173285/wwe-profile-page-finn-balor |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Conor Casey]], American soccer player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Constantinos Charalambidis]], Cypriot footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Yūichi Komano]], Japanese footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Mac Lethal]], American rapper and producer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jani Rita]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Jason Dundas]], Australian TV host
*  1982   &ndash; [[Brad Renfro]], American actor and musician (d. 2008)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Nenad Krstić]], Serbian basketball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Loukas Mavrokefalidis]], Greek basketball player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[James Lafferty]], American actor and athlete
*  1985   &ndash; [[Nelson Piquet Jr.]], Brazilian race car driver
*  1985   &ndash; [[Hugo Rodallega]], Colombian footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Abraham Gneki Guié]], Ivorian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Hulk (footballer)|Hulk]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Richard Bachman (ice hockey)|Richard Bachman]], American ice hockey player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Mitchell Burgzorg]], Dutch footballer and rapper
*  1987   &ndash; [[Fernando (footballer, born 1987)|Fernando]], Brazilian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jax Jones]], English DJ, singer and songwriter
*  1987   &ndash; [[Eran Zahavi]], Israeli footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sarah Geronimo]], Filipino singer and actress<ref>{{cite news|last=San Diego|first=Bayani Jr.|url =http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090806-219054/Sarah-Geronimo-grows-up|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=August 6, 2009|title=Sarah Geronimo grows up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808201457/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090806-219054/Sarah-Geronimo-grows-up|archive-date=August 8, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=January 25, 2010|quote=She turned 21 on July 25.}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[John Goossens]], Dutch footballer 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tom Hiariej]], Dutch footballer 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Stacey Kemp]], English skater
*  1988   &ndash; [[Paulinho (footballer, born July 1988)|Paulinho]], Brazilian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Anthony Stokes]], Irish footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Natalia Vieru]], Russian basketball player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Thodoris Karapetsas]], Greek footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Toni Duggan]], English footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Hasan Piker]], American [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sergei Simonov (ice hockey)|Sergei Simonov]], Russian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Natalija Stevanović]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Natalija Stevanovic {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317349/natalija-stevanovic |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Andrei Vasilevskiy]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrei Vasilevskiy Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/player/andrei-vasilevskiy-8476883 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Alvin Kamara]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alvin Kamara |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3054850/alvin-kamara |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>
*  [[1995]]   &ndash; [[Maria Sakkari]], Greek tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318312/maria-sakkari|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Maria Sakkari|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Nat Butcher]], Australian rugby league player
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Meg Donnelly]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Zhang Hao (singer)|Zhang Hao]], Chinese singer<ref>{{cite web|title=“제로즈 덕분”…제로베이스원 장하오, 데뷔 후 맞이한 생일→팬들 위한 선물 예고|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15522809#_PA|work=톱스타뉴스|date=25 July 2024|access-date=1 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Bryce Young]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryce Young |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4685720/bryce-young |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Alperen Şengün]], Turkish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alperen Sengun Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sengual01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref>
* 2002  &ndash; [[Adam Hložek]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web| title=Adam Hložek|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/adam-hlozek|website=[[Bundesliga]]|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[306]] &ndash; [[Constantius Chlorus]], Roman emperor (b. 250)
* [[885]] &ndash; [[Ragenold of Neustria|Ragenold]], margrave of Neustria
*[[1011]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ichijō|Ichijō]], emperor of Japan (b. 980)
*[[1190]] &ndash; [[Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem|Sibylla]], queen of Jerusalem
*[[1195]] &ndash; [[Herrad of Landsberg]], abbess, author, and illustrator (b. c. 1130)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Herrad of Landsberg {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/herrad-landsberg|access-date=2020-08-01|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
*[[1409]] &ndash; [[Martin I of Sicily|Martin I]], king of Sicily (b. 1376)
*[[1471]] &ndash; [[Thomas à Kempis]], German priest and mystic
*[[1472]] &ndash; [[Charles of Artois, Count of Eu|Charles of Artois]], French nobleman (b. 1394)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII|Innocent VIII]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1432)
*[[1564]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferdinand I {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-I-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Isaac Luria]], Ottoman rabbi and mystic (b. 1534)
===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Pomponio Nenna]], Italian composer (b. 1556)
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Andreas Libavius]], German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull]], English general and politician (b. 1584)
*[[1681]] &ndash; [[Urian Oakes]], English-American minister and educator (b. 1631)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Johann Bernhard Basedow]], German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
*  1790   &ndash; [[William Livingston]], American soldier and politician, 1st [[Governor of New Jersey]] (b. 1723)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Isaac Low]], American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[André Chénier]], Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
*  1794   &ndash; [[Jean-Antoine Roucher]], French poet and author (b. 1745)
*  1794   &ndash; [[Friedrich von der Trenck]], Prussian adventurer and author (b. 1726)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Kondraty Ryleyev]], Russian poet and publisher (b. 1795)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Maria Szymanowska]], Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Dominique Jean Larrey]], French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Charles Macintosh]], Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabric (b. 1766)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Lance |last2=McNeil |first2=Ian |title=Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology |date=11 September 2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-65019-4 |page=786 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmoTeX3aGl4C&dq=Charles+Macintosh+29+december+1766&pg=PA786 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Jonas Furrer]], Swiss lawyer and politician, [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (b. 1805)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[James Barry (surgeon)|James Barry]], English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]], American religious leader, 3rd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1808)
===1901–present===
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[François Coty]], French businessman, founded [[Coty]] (b. 1874)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Engelbert Dollfuss]], Austrian politician, 14th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (b. 1892)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Nestor Makhno]], Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Skirda |first1=Alexandre |author-link=Alexandre Skirda |translator-last1=Sharkey |translator-first1=Paul |title=Nestor Makhno–Anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917–1921 |date=2004 |orig-year=1982 |language=en |isbn=978-1-902593-68-5 |publisher=[[AK Press]] |location=[[Oakland, California|Oakland]] |df=mdy-all |oclc=60602979 |page=285}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Malet |first1=Michael |title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War |date=1982 |language=English |isbn=978-0-333-25969-6 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |location=[[London]] |oclc=8514426 |df=mdy-all |page=192}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Peters |first1=Victor |title=Nestor Makhno: The Life of an Anarchist |date=1970 |language=en |publisher=Echo Books |location=Winnipeg |oclc=7925080 |df=mdy-all |page=96}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Fred Englehardt]], American triple jumper (b. 1879)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Scott]], English sculptor (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=34283|title=Scott, nee Bruce, (Edith Agnes) Kathleen, Lady Scott [other married name (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Young, Lady Kennet, known as Kathleen Kennet]}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Herbert Murrill]], English organist and composer (b. 1909)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Otto Lasanen]], Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog]], Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Thibaudeau Rinfret]], Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th [[Chief Justice of Canada]] (b. 1879)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Ugo Cerletti]], Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Frank O'Hara]], American poet and critic (b. 1926)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Konstantinos Parthenis]], Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[John Meyers (swimmer)|John Meyers]], American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Leroy Robertson]], American composer and educator (b. 1896)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Amy Jacques Garvey]], Jamaican-American journalist and activist (b. 1895)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Louis St. Laurent]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1882)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Shivrampant Damle]], Indian educationist (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Gadre |editor1-first=Vishwas |editor2-last=Limaye |editor2-first=Anand |title=दामले कुलवृत्तांत |trans-title=The [[Damle]] Family Genealogy Almanac |date=16 December 2012 |publisher=Damle Samiti |location=[[Mumbai]] |edition=2nd |language=mr |chapter=Sagwe-[[Miraj]]-[[Kivale]] gharane |trans-chapter=The [[Noble house (term)|House]] of Sagwe, [[Miraj]] and [[Kivale]] |page=256}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Vysotsky]], Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Rosa A. González]], Puerto Rican nurse, author, feminist, and activist (b. 1889)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Hal Foster]], Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Bryan Hextall]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Big Mama Thornton]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Vincente Minnelli]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Judith Barsi]], American child actress (b. 1978)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Steve Rubell]], American businessman, co-owner of [[Studio 54]] (b. 1943)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Lazar Kaganovich]], Soviet politician (b. 1893)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Alfred Drake]], American actor and singer (b. 1914)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Charlie Rich]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Ben Hogan]], American golfer (b. 1912)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Evangelos Papastratos]], Greek businessman, co-founded [[Papastratos]] (b. 1910)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Rudi Faßnacht]], German footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Abdel Rahman Badawi]], Egyptian philosopher and poet (b. 1917)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Bölkow]], German engineer (b. 1912)
*  2003   &ndash; [[John Schlesinger]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[John Passmore]], Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1914)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Albert Mangelsdorff]], German trombonist (b. 1928)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Ezra Fleischer]], Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (b. 1928)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bernd Jakubowski]], German footballer and manager (b. 1952)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jeff Fehring]], Australian footballer (b. 1955)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Tracy Hall]], American chemist and academic (b. 1919)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Randy Pausch]], American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Vernon Forrest]], American boxer (b. 1971)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Stanley Middleton]], English author (b. 1919)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Harry Patch]], English soldier (b. 1898)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Yasmin Ahmad]], Malaysian film director (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanim |first1=Nurbaiti |last2=Noordin |first2=Zalinah |title=Film director Yasmin Ahmad dies |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/07/26/film-director-yasmin-ahmad-dies |website=The Star |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Michael Cacoyannis]], Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[B. R. Ishara]], Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Barry Langford]], English director and producer (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Greg Mohns]], American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1950)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Franz West]], Austrian painter and sculptor (b. 1947)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Walter De Maria]], American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (b. 1935)
*  2013   &ndash; [[William J. Guste]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Hugh Huxley]], English-American biologist and academic (b. 1924)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Bel Kaufman]], German-American author and academic (b. 1911)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Richard Larter]], Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1929)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Jacques Andreani]], French diplomat, [[French ambassador to the United States]] (b. 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [[R. S. Gavai]], Indian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Governor of Kerala]] (b. 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Bob Kauffman]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1946)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Tim LaHaye]], American Christian minister and author (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Banks|first1=Adelle|title=Tim LaHaye, Evangelical Leader and 'Left Behind' Co-Author, Dead at 90|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|date=July 28, 2016|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801035542/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Tom Peterson]], American television personality (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/07/portland_advertising_legend_to.html |title=Portland advertising legend Tom Peterson dies at 86 |last=Nelson |first=Scott Bernard |date=July 25, 2016 |newspaper=The Oregonian |access-date=2016-07-25 |archive-date=2016-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729081844/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/07/portland_advertising_legend_to.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Michael Johnson (singer)|Michael Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Sergio Marchionne]], Italian-Canadian businessman<ref>{{cite web|author=Di Paolo Griseri |url=https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2018/07/25/news/e_morto_sergio_marchionne-202614191/?ref=RHPPTP-BH-I0-C12-P1-S1.12-T1 |title=E' morto Sergio Marchionne, l'uomo che salvò l'auto italiana |date = 25 July 2018|publisher=Repubblica.it |access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref> (b. 1952)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Beji Caid Essebsi]], 4th [[President of Tunisia|President]] and 9th [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] of [[Tunisia]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30641935|title=Obituary: Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi|website=BBC News|date=2019-07-25|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], English blues rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of [[Fleetwood Mac]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53540860|title=Obituary: Peter Green, British Blues virtuoso|website=BBC News|date=2020-07-25|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Lou Henson]], American [[college basketball]] coach (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2020/7/29/mens-basketball-legendary-fighting-illini-lou-henson-passes-away-at-88.aspx|title=Legendary Fighting Illini Lou Henson Passes Away at 88|date=29 July 2020 }}</ref>    
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Paul Sorvino]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |date=2022-07-25 |title=Paul Sorvino, Actor in 'Goodfellas' and 'That Championship Season,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-sorvino-dead-goodfellas-1235185779/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>    
*[[2024]] – [[Shafin Ahmed]], Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (b. 1961)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arts & Entertainment Desk |date=2024-07-26 |title=Shafin Ahmed to be laid to rest atop his father's grave |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/music/news/shafin-ahmed-be-laid-rest-atop-his-fathers-grave-3662516 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>    
*2024 – [[Martin Indyk]], American diplomat (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Martin Indyk, former U.S. diplomat and author, dies at 73 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/g-s1-13475/martin-indyk-former-u-s-diplomat-author-dies-73 |access-date=July 27, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>    
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Saint Anne|Anne]] ([[Eastern Christianity]])
**[[Saint Christopher|Christopher]] ([[Western Christianity]])
**[[Cucuphas]]
**[[Glodesind]]
**[[James, son of Zebedee|James the Great]] ([[Western Christianity]]) 
**[[Saint John I Agnus|John I Agnus]]
**[[Julian of Le Mans]] ([[Translation (relic)|translation]])
**[[Magnerich of Trier]]
**[[July 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Guanacaste Day]] ([[Costa Rica]])
*[[Bahá'í Faith in Jamaica|National Baha'i Day]] ([[Jamaica]]) 
*[[Día Nacional de Galicia|National Day of Galicia]] ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia, Spain]])
*[[Puerto Rico Constitution Day]] ([[Puerto Rico]])
*[[International Afro-descendant Women's Day]]<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Internacional Afro-descendant Women's Day |url=https://www.catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org/en/internacional-afro-descendant-womens-day/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130215447/https://www.catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org/en/internacional-afro-descendant-womens-day/ |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Unesco Chair on Education for Social Justice}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=25}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/25 |title=Historical Events on July 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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