All Events

Historical Events on October 25

  • Battle of Agincourt

    1415

    Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeat the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.

  • Dirk Hartog

    1616

    Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

  • USS United States vs HMS Macedonian

    1812

    War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.

  • First Siege of Missolonghi

    1822

    Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.

  • Sinn Féin

    1920

    After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

  • Heinrich Himmler

    1944

    Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.

  • Battle of Leyte Gulf

    1944

    World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf: The largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    1962

    Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council proving that Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.

  • Yom Kippur War

    1973

    Yom Kippur War officially ends with a ceasefire.

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