General Events and Observations of July 25

306: Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (b. 250)
1409: King Martin I of Sicily
1492: Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
1616: Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
1643: Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584)
1676: François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
1681: Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (b. 1631)
1790: Johann Bernhard Basedow, German education reformer (b. 1723)
1790: William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
1791: Isaac Low, American Continental Congressman (b. 1735)
1794: André Chénier, French writer (b. 1762)
1826: Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev, Russian poet and revolutionary (b. 1795)
1834: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (b. 1772)
1842: Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (b. 1766)
1843: Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (b. 1766)
1853: Joaquin Murieta, California outlaw
1861: Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1805)
1887: John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)
1934: Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1892)
1934: François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (b. 1874)
1934: Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist (b. 1889)
1952: Herbert Murrill, English composer (b. 1909)
1962: Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist and Chief Justice (b. 1879)
1963: Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (b. 1877)
1971: Leroy Robertson, American composer (b. 1896)
1973: Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882)
1980: Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938)
1982: Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (Prince Valiant) (b. 1892)
1984: Big Mama Thornton, American singer (b. 1926)
1984: Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
1986: Vincente Minnelli, American film director (b. 1903)
1988: Judith Barsi, American actress (b. 1978)
1989: Steve Rubell, American night club owner (b. 1943)
1992: Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1995: Charlie Rich, American rock/soul/country musician (b. 1932)
1996: Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (b. 1914)
1997: Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)
1998: Tal Farlow, American jazz guitar virtuoso. (b. 1921)
2002: Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher (b. 1917)
2003: Erik Brann, American bass player (b. 1950)
2003: John Schlesinger, British film director (b. 1926)
2003: Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (b. 1912)
2005: Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist (b. 1928)
2006: Carl Brashear, First African-American U.S Navy Master Diver (b. 1931)
2007: Bernd Jakubowski, German goal keeper (b. 1952)
2007: Jesse Marunde, American strongman competitor (b. 1979)

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