25 March In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on March 25, the day number in a year is 85 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 86. March 25 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1306	Robert Bruce was made the new King of Scotland.
1410	The Yongle Emperor launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, which resulted in the fall of the Mongol Khanbunshiri.
1655	Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of Saturn.
1668	Horse racing was organized for the first time in America.
1669	The horrific eruption at Mount Etna, a volcano on Sisadi Island, killed more than 20 thousand people.
1700	London signed the treaties of France, England and Holland.
1751	Frederick I of Sweden was succeeded as king by Adolf Friedrich.
1753	Voltaire courted Frederick II of Persia.
1754	For the first time, the Secret Marriage Act of 1753 was enacted in England and Wales over marriage in that jurisdiction on a statutory basis.
1802	France and the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Amiens, temporarily ending the conflict between the two during the French Revolutionary Wars.
1807	The Slave Trade Act became law, ending the slave trade in the British Empire.
1807	The first passenger rail service started in England.
1811	The great comet discovered by Honoré Flaugaraj.
1896	Modern Olympic Games begin in Athens, the capital of Greece.
1911	140 people died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City.
1917	After the overthrow of the Russian tsar Nicholas II, the bishops of Georgia unilaterally restored the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
1931	The Scottsboro Boys were arrested on charges of rape, which led to a court case that eventually established the legal principles that criminal defendants are entitled to the efficacy of counsel.
1948	Meteorologists at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City issued the world's first tornado forecast after noticing conditions similar to another tornado that occurred five days earlier.
1949	The Soviet Union initiated the mass deportation of over 90,000 people from the Baltic states to Siberia.
1954	The country's first helicopter S-55 was launched in Delhi.
1957	West Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg sign the Treaty of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community.
1975	King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot dead by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid.
1988	NASA launched the spacecraft S206.
1989	The country's first supercomputer X-MP14 built in the US was dedicated to the nation.
1992	In the World Cup final, Pakistan defeated England by 22 runs and was the champion.
1994	Yasunori Miyabe set a world record by skating 1000m in 1hr 12min 37sec.
1995	American computer programmer Ward Cunningham founded the first wiki site, WikiWikiWeb.
1995	Noted boxer Mike Tyson was released from prison after three years in prison.
1996	Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 Aus of Earth.
1996	Michelle Kwan of the United States won the Ladies Figure Skating Championships in Edmonton.
1996	Todd Eldredge of America won the Men's Figure Skating Championship.
2001	More than a thousand people died due to the earthquake that struck 100 miles away from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
2003	Adam Osborne, who built the first portable computer, passed away.
2006	A gunman entered Seattle, Washington, US after a rampage and killed six people and injured two more before committing suicide.
2011	The Tibetan government will consult the Tibetan community after the Tibetan government-in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics.
2011	The Coinage Bill 2011 provided for imprisonment for seven years for tearing a note or melting a coin.
2012	With tensions rising over North Korea's proposed missile tests, US President Barack Obama begins a three-day visit to South Korea.
2013	Environmental and health concerns are raised among residents when 1,000 dead ducks litter the Sichuan River in southwest China.
2014	US Girl Scout Katie Francis broke the record for selling cookies for the organization's annual fundraiser by selling 18,107 boxes in seven weeks.
2014	Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have announced their divorce after 11 years of marriage. The announcement was titled 'Conscious Uncoupling' on Paltrow's website.
708	Pope Constantine was elected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy; He would be the last Pope to visit, the Constantinopontil Pope Paul VI in 1967.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1905	The famous Indian politician Mirza Rashid Ali Baig was born.
1999	Declaration of waiver in visa case by eight sections of Pakistani citizens by India.

Day/Observance	Level
Sacrifice Day Of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi	National Day
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	International Day
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members	International Day
Greece Independence Day	National Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1838	Sir William Wedderbum / Civil Servant / India
1838	Sir William Wedderburn / Civil Servant / India
1911	Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir / Actress / India
1916	S. M. Pandit / Painter / India
1927	P. Shanmugam / Politician / India
1932	Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi / Lawyer / India
1948	Farooq Shaikh / Actor / India

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