July 25

Today in History
• 1446 - Foundation stone laid for King's College Chapel in Cambridge by King Henry VI
• 1510 - Spanish conquest of Tripoli by Pedro Navarro for Aragon crown; over 3,000 killed
• 1519 - San Cristobal de la Habana forms in Cuba
• 1521 - About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent
• 1567 - Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, (Caracas)
• 1585 - Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics
• 1722 - The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border
• 1729 - North Carolina becomes a royal colony


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Annexation of Guanacaste
• Commemoration of the Assault on Moncada
• Feast of Saint James the Apostle
• Guanacaste Day
• National Hire a Veteran Day
• National Houston Day
• Puerto Rican Constitution Day
• Tunisia Republic Day

Birthdays
• 1109 - Afonso I the Conqueror, King of Portugal (1143-85)
• 1421 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
• 1593 - Steven van der Haghen, Dutch admiral, and governor of Ambon (1617-18)
• 1639 - Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel)
• 1775 - Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady, 1841
• 1846 - Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution
• 1848 - Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05
• 1882 - George S. Rentz, U.S. Navy Chaplain (awarded the Navy Cross during WW II)