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Jul 25 1016

Casimir I the Restorer Duke of Poland born in Krakw Poland (d. c. 1058)

Jul 25 1109

Afonso I the Conqueror King of Portugal (1143-85) born in Guimares Portugal (d. 1185)

Jul 25 1336

Albert I Duke of Bavaria and third son of Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor born in Munich (d. 1404)

Jul 25 1421

Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland English politician born in Leconfield United Kingdom (d. 1461)

Jul 25 1517

Jacques Peletier (du Mans) French poet and scientist born in Le Mans France (d. 1582)

Jul 25 1562

Kiyomasa Kato Japanese warlord born in Owari Province Japan (d. 1611)

Jul 25 1626

Gerard Brandt Dutch theologist poet and historian born in Amsterdam (d. 1685)

Jul 25 1639

Thomas Tompion English clock maker (cylinder tunnel) born in Northill Bedfordshire England (d. 1713)

Jul 25 1654

Agostino Steffani Italian-German diplomat and composer born in Castelfranco Veneto Italy (d. 1728)

Jul 25 1657

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach German composer born in Esens Germany (d. 1714)

Jul 25 1575

Christoph Scheiner German astronomer and physicist born in Markt Wald Germany (d. 1650)

Jul 25 1579

Valerius Otto German composer born in Leipzig (d. after 1612)

Jul 25 1658

Archibald Campbell 1st Duke of Argyll Scottish privy councillor born in Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland (d. 1703)

Jul 25 1683

Pieter Langendijk Dutch painter etcher and playwright (Wiskunstenaars) born in Haarlem Netherlands (d. 1756)

Jul 25 1715

Immanuel J. Pyra German poet (Temple of Real Poetry) born in Kottbus Brandenburg Germany(d. 1744)

Jul 25 1746

Bernardo de Glvez Spanish military leader and colonial administrator (Spanish Governor of Louisiana and Cuba 1777-83 Viceroy of New Spain 1785-6) born in Macharaviaya Spain (d. 1786)

Jul 25 1750

Henry Knox American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army) born in Boston Massachusetts Bay (d. 1806)

Jul 25 1758

Elizabeth Hamilton Scottish author (The cottagers of Glenburnie) born in Belfast Ireland (d. 1816)

Jul 25 1761

Charlotte von Kalb German writer born in Saal an der Saale Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1843)

Jul 25 1772

Gottlob Benedikt Bierey German composer born in Dresden Germany (d. 1840)

Jul 25 1775

Anna Symmes Harrison 9th 1st lady (1841) born in Morristown New Jersey (d. 1864)

Jul 25 1780

Christian Theodor Weinlig German composer teacher and choir master born in Dresden Saxony (d. 1842)

Jul 25 1786

Giacomo Cordella Italian composer born in Naples Italy (d. 1846)

Jul 25 1795

James Barry [Margaret Ann Bulkley] female disguised as a man surgeon general (British army) born in County Cork Ireland (d. 1865)

Jul 25 1797

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel Duchess of Cambridge born in Offenbach Germany (d. 1889)

Jul 25 1799

David Douglas Scottish botanist born in Scone Perthshire Scotland (d. 1834)

Jul 25 1804

Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello Italian minister of Education born in Turin Italy (d. 1880)

Jul 25 1816

Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz German publisher (T Edition) born in Unterkaka Meineweh Germany (d. 1895)

Jul 25 1822

Schuyler Hamilton American Major General (Union Army) born in Putnam County New York (d. 1903)

Jul 25 1824

Richard James Oglesby American politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Oldham County Kentucky (d. 1899)

Jul 25 1824

George B. Vashon American lawyer academic and poet first African American lawyer in NY born in Carlisle Pennsylvania (d. 1878)

Jul 25 1832

Simon Hassler German-American composer born in Germany (d. 1901)

Jul 25 1839

Francis Garnier French explorer born in Saint-tienne France (d. 1873)

Jul 25 1261 Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII re-establishing Byzantine Empire

Jul 25 1521 About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent

Jul 25 1536 Sebastin de Belalczar on his search of El Dorado founds the City of Santiago de Cali

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