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On This Day · The 206th day of the year

July 25

25 years on from Phoolan Devi, July 25 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 21st century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♌ZodiacLeo ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Leo is the sign for July 25 — read more on the Leo page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 25?

July 25 is the 206th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 306 and 2010. Famous people born on July 25 include Rosalind Franklin, Toni Duggan and Arthur Balfour.

Released on July 25

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game No Sleep for Kaname Date: From AI - The Somnium Files

2024

  • Game Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance
  • Game Sylvio: Black Waters
  • Game Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
  • Game Reynatis

2023

  • Game Remnant II

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 306

    Constantine the Great

  2. 1547

    Henry II of France

  3. 1788

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  4. 1799

    Napoleon

  5. 1898

    Spanish–American War

  6. 1943

    World War II

  7. 1965

    Bob Dylan

  8. 2001

    Phoolan Devi

  9. 2007

    Pratibha Patil

  10. 2010

    WikiLeaks

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 25

Rosalind Franklin

b. 1920

Toni Duggan

b. 1991

Arthur Balfour

b. 1848

Ibn Arabi

b. 1165

Casimir I the Restorer

b. 1016

Christoph Scheiner

b. 1573

Paul Langerhans

b. 1847

Erika Steinbach

b. 1943

Deaths

  • 2008Randy Pausch
  • 1980Vladimir Vysotsky
  • 1934Engelbert Dollfuss
  • 1934Nestor Makhno
  • 1826Kondraty Ryleyev
  • 1616Andreas Libavius

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Anne (Eastern Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: Christopher (Western Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: Cucuphas
  • —Christian feast day: Glodesind
  • —Christian feast day: James the Great (Western Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: John I Agnus
  • —Christian feast day: Julian of Le Mans (translation)
  • —Christian feast day: Magnerich of Trier

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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