On July 25:
1603 James VI of Scotland was crowned the first king of Great Britain.
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James I of England from the period 1603–1613, by Paul van Somer I (1576–1621) |
1837 the first commercial use of electrical telegraph was demonstrated between Euston and Camden Town in London.
1981 Anti-Springobk tour protestors derailed a rugby match in Hamilton.