Year 306
Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
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25 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 25 July.
Year 1648
Shahaji Raje was imprisoned by Baji Ghorpade under the orders of Mohammed AdilShah.
Year 1759
French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
Year 1894
The First Sino-Japanese War began when the Japanese fired upon a Chinese warship.
Year 1978
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
Year 1984
Svetlana Savitskaya of the Soviet Union became the first female astronaut to walk in space.
Year 1994
Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, which formally ended the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
Year 1997
K R Narayanan became the 10th and first Malayalee President of India.
Year 2007
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first woman President of India.
Born 1875
Jim Corbett, a British hunter, tracker, naturalist, and author.
Born 1922
Vasant Bapat, a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
Born 1929
Somnath Chatterjee, an Indian politician.
Born 1966
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, an Indian politician.
Died 1880
Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi, a lawyer, social reformer, and political activist.
Died 2012
B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
Died 2015
R. S. Gavai, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Kerala (b. 1929)