TUESDAY, July 22, 2025

1099-Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem during the First Crusade

1456-Hungarian army under John Hunyadi defeat the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and end the Siege of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár). Halting Ottoman expansion in Europe for 70 years.

1515-First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire and demonstrates the Habsburgs growing influence

1942-300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp

1963-Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule

2011-Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo and a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya