WHAT HAPPENED ON 25. JULY
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Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. (25. July 285)

Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. (25. July 306)

The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. (25. July 315)

The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Viking. (25. July 864)

Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques. (25. July 1139)

The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. (25. July 1261)

The naval 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. (25. July 1278)

The Battle of Molinella: the first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. (25. July 1456)

Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali. (25. July 1536)

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. (25. July 1538)

Henry II of France is crowned. (25. July 1547)

Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral. (25. July 1554)

Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. (25. July 1567)

Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. (25. July 1593)

James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707. (25. July 1603)

The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there. (25. July 1609)

Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico. (25. July 1693)

Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border. (25. July 1722)

British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England. Some later move to Louisiana, while others resettle in New Brunswick. (25. July 1755)

French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé. (25. July 1759)

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