1201
Gruffydd Ab Rhys II, died
Wales
Gruffydd ap Rhys II (died 25 July 1201) was a prince of Deheubarth in south-west Wales He was the son of Rhys ap Gruffydd (The Lord Rhys) and grandson of Gruffydd ap Rhys. Gruffydd …
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1394
King James I, born
Scotland
James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert …
1632
Thomas (Viscount) Wentworth becomes Lord Deputy of Ireland
Ireland
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG (13 April 1593 (NS) – 12 May 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He …
1758
Elizabeth Hamilton, born
Scotland
Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758 – 23 July 1816) was a Scottish essayist, poet, satirist and novelist, who in both her prose and fiction entered into the French-revolutionary era …
1814
Peace Preservation Force formed
Ireland
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and …
1820
Michael Angelo Hayes, born
Ireland
Michael Angelo Hayes, RHA (1820 – 1877) was an Irish watercolourist who specialised in painting horses and military subjects. Michael Angelo Hayes was born in Waterford on 25 July …
1843
Charles Mackintosh, born
Scotland
The Mackintosh or raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor …
1848
Arthur James Balfour, born
Scotland
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as …
1917
The Irish Convention
Ireland
The Irish Convention was an assembly which sat in Dublin, Ireland from July 1917 until March 1918 to address the Irish question and other constitutional problems relating to an …
1919
Sir Sam McCaughey, died
Wales
Sir Samuel McCaughey (1 July 1835 – 25 July 1919) was an Irish-born pastoralist, politician and philanthropist in Australia. McCaughey died at Yanco on 25 July 1919. He was a …
1930
Annie Ross, born
Scotland
Annabelle McCauley Allan Short(25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal …
1948
Bread rationing ends in Britain
England
Bread, which was never rationed during wartime, was put on the ration in July 1948. It was not until the early 1950s that most commodities came ‘off the ration’. Meat …