Today in History: July 25

0326
Emperor Constantine refuses to carry out traditional pagan sacrifices.

1394
Charles VI of France issues a decree for the general expulsion of Jews from France.

1564
Maximilian II becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

1587
Hideyoshi bans Christianity in Japan and orders all Christians to leave.

1759
British forces defeat a French army at Fort Niagara in Canada.

1799
On his way back from Syria, Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Ottomans at Aboukir, Egypt.

1814
British and American forces fight each other to a standoff at Lundy's Lane, Canada.

1845
China grants Belgium equal trading rights with Britain, France and the United States.

1850
Gold is discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon, extending the quest for gold up the Pacific coast.

1861
The Crittenden Resolution, calling for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, is passed by Congress.

1867
President Andrew Johnson signs an act creating the territory of Wyoming.

1894
Japanese forces sink the British steamer " which was bringing Chinese reinforcements to Korea.

1909
French aviator Louis Bleriot becomes the first man to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.

1914
Russia declares that it will act to protect Serbian sovereignty.

1924
Greece announces the deportation of 50,000 Armenians.

1934
Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is shot and killed by Nazis.

1941
The U.S. government freezes Japanese and Chinese assets.

1943
Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is overthrown in a coup.

1944
Allied forces begin the breakthrough of German lines in Normandy.

1978
The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in Oldham, England.

1984
Svetlana Savitskaya becomes first woman to perform a space walk.