July 25

Events

• 306: Constantine the Great is proclaimed emperor upon the death of his father, Constantius Chloros.
• 1261: Michael VIII Palaeologus captures Constantinople from the Latins and reinstates the Byzantine Empire.
• 1920: The Greeks take Edirne during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
• 1947: The Democratic Army of Greece is repelled by national forces at Grevena.

Sports

• 1963: Panathinaikos footballer, Panikos Shailos, is killed in an automobile accident in Athens. His passenger, Kostas Linoxylakis, survives.
• 1964: Giorgos Marsellos breaks the Greek record in the 110m hurdles with 14.1

Births

• 1831: Gregorios Maraslis, national benefactor
• 1981: Kostas Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer

Deaths

• 306: Constantius Chlorus, emperor and father of Constantine the Great
• 1963: Panikos Shailos, footballer
• 1967: Kostas Parthenis, painter
• 1992: Aris San, Greek-Israeli singer
• 2011: Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot filmmaker