![](https://i0.wp.com/www.yellowad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Svetlana-Savitskaya.jpg?fit=581%2C441&ssl=1)
It happened today – this day in history – July 25
306: Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. 1261: Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. 1564: Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand I …