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OCTOBER 25, 1415
Hundred Years' War: The army of Henry V of England, consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1927
The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths.
SS Principessa Mafalda was an Italian transatlantic ocean liner built for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) company. Named after Princess Mafalda of Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1616
Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog left a plate on an island in Shark Bay, the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia still in existence.
Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1944
Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis.
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, a leading member Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1950
The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War.
The People's Volunteer Army (PVA), officially the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1932
George Lansbury (pictured) became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party.
George Lansbury was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1854
Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade (pictured) was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava.
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1147
Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal (pictured) captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in one of the few Christian victories during the Second Crusade.
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1980
Proceedings on the Hague Abduction Convention, a multilateral treaty providing an expeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation to another, concluded at The Hague.
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides an Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1920
Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney (pictured) died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention.
Terence James MacSwiney was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1864
American Civil War: During Price's Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1944
USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo.
USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of World War II, the first ship of the United States Navy to bear the Read More
OCTOBER 25, 1760
George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II.
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union Read More
OCTOBER 25, 2010
Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.
Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Read More
OCTOBER 25, 2022
At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party Read More

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