Template:OpenHistoricalMap/On this day

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The OpenHistoricalMap portal features a selection of establishments and disestablishments on each day of the year, based on OpenHistoricalMap data. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.

July 25

804
Fließem is first attested in present-day Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate.
1540
Moyobamba is founded by the Spanish in Peru.
1567
Caracas is founded as Santiago de León de Caracas in Spain's Venezuela Province.
1806
The Confederation of the Rhine is founded with Liechtenstein as a member.
1868
The Wyoming Territory is created from portions of the Dakota, Idaho, and Utah territories with the same borders as present-day Wyoming.
1895
The Uddevalla-Lelångens railway begins service in Sweden.
1921
In Michigan, the Village of Royal Oak incorporates as a city, withdrawing from Royal Oak Township.
1995
The Japanese General Government Building is demolished in Seoul.


Other dates

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Contributing

We appreciate your help in curating these events from OpenHistoricalMap data. Items should be based on fully qualified start_date=* and end_date=* tags, plus any other metadata tagged on features in OpenHistoricalMap. To the extent possible, the list should feature a wide range of years and include events from different continents.