Historical events on March 25
MARCH 25, 1807
The Slave Trade Act, which abolished the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire, received royal assent.
The Slave Trade Act 1807, or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807, was an act of the Parliament of the United
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MARCH 25, 1799
War of the Second Coalition: In their second battle in seven days, the French Army of the Danube and Habsburg forces battled for control of the Hegau region.
The War of the Second Coalition was the second war targeting revolutionary France by many European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria, and
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MARCH 25, 1458
Wars of the Roses: A formal reconciliation ceremony between the Lancastrians and Yorkists led to a brief period of peace.
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed
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MARCH 25, 1776
American Revolutionary War: American Patriot forces in Georgia conduct a raid on Tybee Island, with the primary goal of capturing runaway slaves seeking refuge with the British.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the
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MARCH 25, 1725
Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern was first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, which coincided that year with Palm Sunday.
There are 52 chorale cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach surviving in at least one complete version. Around 40 of these were composed
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MARCH 25, 1708
Jacobite risings: A French fleet anchored near Fife Ness as part of a planned French invasion of Britain.
Jacobitism was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne. When
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MARCH 25, 1915
The appointment of Mehmed Reshid as governor of Diyarbekir, Turkey intensified the genocide of Syriac Christians by pro-Ottoman forces.
Mehmed Reshid was an Ottoman politician and physician, official of the Committee of Union and Progress, and governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet
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MARCH 25, 1949
The Soviet Union began mass deportations of more than 90,000 "undesirable" people from the Baltic states to Siberia.
Operation Priboi was the code name for the biggest Stalin-era Soviet mass deportation from the Baltic states on 25–28 March 1949. Also
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MARCH 25, 1917
World War I: A delayed action bomb left by German troops exploded in the town hall of Bapaume, France, killing 24 soldiers and civilians.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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MARCH 25, 1410
The Yongle Emperor (pictured) of the Ming dynasty launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
The Yongle Emperor, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, personal name Zhu Di, was the third
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MARCH 25, 1655
Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of Saturn.
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in
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MARCH 25, 1948
Meteorologists at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, United States, issued the world's first tornado forecast after noticing conditions similar to another tornado that had struck five days earlier.
Tinker Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions,
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MARCH 25, 708
Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy.
Pope Constantine was the bishop of Rome from 25 March 708 to his death. One of the last popes of the Byzantine
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MARCH 25, 1911
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (pictured) in New York City killed 146 sweatshop workers, many of whom could not escape because the doors to the stairwells and exits had been locked.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, a borough of New York City, on Saturday, March 25,
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MARCH 25, 717
Byzantine emperor Theodosius III abdicated in favour of Leo the Isaurian after he captured Theodosius's son.
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late
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MARCH 25, 1934
Enrico Fermi (pictured) published his discovery of neutron-induced radioactivity, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Enrico Fermi was an Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the
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MARCH 25, 1975
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid.
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension,
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MARCH 25, 1725
Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, was first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.
There are 52 chorale cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach surviving in at least one complete version. Around 40 of these were composed
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MARCH 25, 1903
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition anchored in the South Orkney Islands with the intention of establishing the first weather station in Antarctic territory.
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), 1902–1904, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student
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