July 25

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July 25, 975

Birth of Dietmar in Hildesheim, Germany. The Saxon Dietmar was an important chronicler of his age and his works are important documentation to the period.

July 25, 1564

Death of Ferdinand I in Vienna, Austria. The Spanish born Habsburg, Ferdinand, would become the Holy Roman Emperor, and the king of Bohemia and Hungary. In the "Peace of Augsburg" of 1555 he agreed to the right of regional princes to determine the religion of their own territories.

July 25, 1830

Birth of Johann Jakob Bausch in Groß Suessin, Germany. Bausch Moved to Bern, Switzerland in 1848 and found work in an optical shop. In 1849 he immigrated to the United States. In 1853 he opened an optical shop in Rochester, New York. Most of the products he sold, he imported from Germany. In 1855 another immigrant from Germany, Henry Lomb joined the business. Together they built one of Americas leading optical companies, Bausch and Lomb. Bausch died in 1926.

July 25, 1934

Assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss, the Austrian Chancellor by members of the Austrian Nazi Party. Dollfuss became chancellor of Austria in 1932. He worked closely with the Italian, Mussolini, and worked to restructure Austria after the Fascist model. He abolished parliament in 1933. With a new constitution in 1934 he achieved dictatorial power. He was assassinated by members of a Nazi insurgency in 1934.

July 25, 1950

Walter Ulbricht becomes the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany.

July 25, 2002

Kardinal Joachim Degenhardt, Archbishop of Paderborn dies at age 76.