25 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 25, the day number in a year is 298 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 299. October 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.
October 25 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1147 | Reconquista-Forces under Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbonfrom the Moors after a four-month siege in one of the few Christianvictories during the Second Crusade. |
| 1296 | Saint Dnyaneshwar died. |
| 1415 | Hundred Years' War-Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeated the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day. |
| 1616 | The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on thewestern coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate etchedby explorer Dirk Hartog. |
| 1711 | The remains of two ancient historical cities of Italy, Pompeii and Herculaneum, were unearthed by a villager. |
| 1747 | The British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawk defeated the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisteror. |
| 1760 | George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| 1812 | War of 1812-USS United States captured HMS Macedonian, whichlater became the first British warship to be brought into an Americanharbor. |
| 1828 | St Catherine's Docks opened in London. |
| 1854 | Crimean War-Lord Cardigan led his cavalry to disaster in theBattle of Balaclava. |
| 1861 | The Toronto Stock Exchange, the stock exchange with the mostmining and petrochemical companies listed in the world, was established. |
| 1870 | Postcards were used for the first time in the US. |
| 1875 | The first performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1,one of his most popular compositions, was given in Boston with Hans vonBülow as soloist. |
| 1917 | Bolshevik Communists) Vladimir Ilich Lenin seized power in Russia. |
| 1920 | Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after 74days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle forindependence to international attention. |
| 1924 | The Zinoviev letter, later found to be a forgery, was publishedin the Daily Mail, helping to ensure the British Labour Party's defeatin the UK general election four days later. |
| 1924 | The British arrested Subhash Chandra Bose and sent him to jail for two years. |
| 1935 | A huge hurricane killing more than two thousand people and leaving many homeless and hungry hit Haiti. |
| 1940 | Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. became the first African-American general of the US Army. |
| 1944 | USS Tang, the United States Navy submarine credited withsinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it wasstruck by its own torpedo. |
| 1944 | Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates,a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and other shiding from the Nazis. |
| 1945 | China succeeds the Taiwanese administration following Japan succumbing to the Allies. |
| 1951 | The first general election began in India. |
| 1955 | For the first time, a company called Mickey Ovens for domestic use was sold by Brick Tappan. |
| 1960 | The first electronic wristwatch came to market in New York. |
| 1971 | The Nationalist Chinese government of Taiwan was expelled while the UN recognizes the People’s Republic of China. |
| 1971 | The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing theRepublic of China with the People's Republic of China as China'srepresentative at the United Nations. |
| 1972 | The first female FBI agents were hired. |
| 1980 | Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction, a multilateral treaty providing anexpeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation toanother, concluded at The Hague. |
| 1983 | The United States and Caribbean allies invaded Grenada, sixdays after Bernard Coard seized power in a violent coup d'état. |
| 1984 | The virus that causes non-A and non-B hepatitis has been identified by researchers. |
| 1990 | Meghalaya's first Chief Minister Captain Sangma died. |
| 1995 | The then Prime Minister of India, Narasimha Rao addressed the 50th anniversary session of the United Nations. |
| 2000 | Spacecraft Discovery returned to Earth safely after a 13-day expedition. |
| 2001 | Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions ofthe Microsoft Windows operating system, was released. |
| 2006 | Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union begins the recruitment of thousands of people responding to the military action by Ethiopia, amidst the fear of a war across the countries. |
| 2008 | Human Rights Watch has stated around 40 civilians have been killed when attacked by pro-government Arab militias on rebellious villages in South Darfur. |
| 2009 | India responds to China’s protest that try to bar Dalai Lama from visiting Arunachal Pradesh by saying he is an “honored guest” and that he will not be barred. |
| 2009 | About 155 people were killed in two suicide bombings in Baghdad. |
| 2010 | Killing at least eight people and injuring twenty, a bomb goes off in Pakpattan, Pakistan’s Punjab province. |
| 2010 | Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia began an increasinglyviolent series of eruptions that lasted over a month. |
| 2011 | Space telescope cognitions attest that the supernova RCW 86, first seen by Chinese astronomers in 185 AD, expanded at an unusual rate due to the accumulation of a vacuum-like "cavity" around it in the early parts of the death of the star. |
| 2012 | Cuba and Jamaica are hit by Hurricane Sandy, which then heads towards The Bahamas. |
| 2013 | In Nigeria, the army killed 74 militants of the terrorist organization Boko Haram. |
| 2019 | The Eighteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit ended in Azerbaijan. |
Famous Birthdays of October 25:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1982 | Eman Lam / Singer / China |
| 1904 | Denny Shute / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1683 | Charles FitzRoy / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1915 | Ivan M. Niven / Academic / United States of America |
| 1948 | Daniel Mark Epstein / Poet / United States of America |
| 1963 | Dominic Dromgoole / Director / United Kingdom |
| 1927 | Barbara Cook / Actress / United States of America |
| 1977 | The Alchemist / Rapper / United States of America |
| 1984 | Iván Ramis / Footballer / Spain |
| 1984 | Katy Perry / Actress / United States of America |
| 1950 | Chris Norman / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1994 | Jack Payne / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1889 | Smoky Joe Wood / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1709 | Georg Gebel / Composer / Germany |
| 1948 | Dan Issel / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1985 | Ciara / Writer / United States of America |
| 1964 | Nicole / Singer / Germany |
| 1992 | Luke Parker / Footballer / Australia |
| 1856 | Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger / Geologist / Croatia |
| 1961 | Janice Tanton / Illustrator / Canada |
| 1989 | David Hala / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1971 | Pedro Martínez / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1988 | Chandler Parsons / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1908 | Edmond Pidoux / Poet / Switzerland |
| 1902 | Henry Steele Commager / Author / United States of America |
| 1963 | John Levén / Writer / Sweden |
| 1941 | Helen Reddy / Actress / United States of America |
| 1961 | Ward Burton / Racing Car Driver / United States of America |
| 1944 | Jon Anderson / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1889 | Abel Gance / Actor / France |
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Read in Hindi : 25 अक्टूबर की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं