On April 25, history records 51 notable events, 211 famous births and 102 deaths, spanning the years 775 to 1829.
Events on this day include: The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified and its Islamizat... (775); After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection. (799).
Notable people born on April 25 include Louis IX of France (1214), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Edward II of England (1284).
Notable figures who died on this day include Rusticus (archbishop of Lyon) (501), Smbat VII Bagratuni (775), Mushegh VI Mamikonian (775).
Events on 25 April 51
See all →The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.
Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
A coalition of England, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
"La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepts the suzerainty of the Russian Empire
Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
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Birthdays on 25 April 211
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Deaths on 25 April 102
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