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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_Nacional_de_Galicia" title="Día Nacional de Galicia">National Day of Galicia</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1547" title="1547">1547</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France" title="Henry II of France">Henry II</a></b> was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_monarchs" title="List of French monarchs">King of France</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reims_Cathedral" title="Reims Cathedral">Reims Cathedral</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1591" title="1591">1591</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War" title="Eighty Years' War">Eighty Years' War</a>: Dutch and English forces relieved the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Knodsenburg" title="Siege of Knodsenburg">siege of Knodsenburg</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Netherlands" title="Spanish Netherlands">Spanish Netherlands</a>, having defeated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma" title="Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma">Duke of Parma</a>'s army in the field.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893" title="1893">1893</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal" title="Corinth Canal">Corinth Canal</a></b> was formally opened, bisecting the narrow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Corinth" title="Isthmus of Corinth">Isthmus of Corinth</a> in Greece to connect the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Corinth" title="Gulf of Corinth">Gulf of Corinth</a> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yongdong" title="Battle of Yongdong">captured the village of Yongdong</a></b> in South Korea.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a></b> was sworn in as the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylla,_Queen_of_Jerusalem" title="Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem">Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1190); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barry_(surgeon)" title="James Barry (surgeon)">James Barry</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1865); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Mota" title="Guillermo Mota">Guillermo Mota</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1973); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimzhan_Askarov" title="Azimzhan Askarov">Azimzhan Askarov</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2020)</p>