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Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
Year 1000
Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
Year 1199
Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
Year 1576
Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 6
Birthdays on 25 March 214
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Conradin
b. 1252 – d. 1268
Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
Andronikos II Palaiologos
b. 1259 – d. 1332
Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1259)
Andronikos III Palaiologos
b. 1297 – d. 1341
Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1297)
Arnošt of Pardubice
b. 1297 – d. 1364
Arnošt of Pardubice, Czech archbishop (b. 1297)
Blanche of Lancaster
b. 1345 – d. 1368
Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345/1347)
Catherine of Siena
b. 1347 – d. 1380
Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher, and saint (b. 1347)
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
b. 1404 – d. 1444
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1404)
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford
b. 1414 – d. 1455
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato
b. 1434 – d. 1485
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (d. 1485)
Giuliano de' Medici
b. 1453 – d. 1478
Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1453)
Vasili III of Russia
b. 1479 – d. 1533
Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel
b. 1491 – d. 1549
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)
Deaths on 25 March 109
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Li Kening
d. 908
Li Kening, Chinese general
Taira no Masakado
d. 940
Taira no Masakado, Japanese samurai
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Kenneth III of Scotland
d. 1005
King Kenneth III of Scotland (in battle)
Hugh IV, Count of Maine
d. 1051
Hugh IV, Count of Maine
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
d. 1189
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
Afonso II of Portugal
d. 1223 (b. 1185)
Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
Kō no Moronao
d. 1351
Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
Kō no Moroyasu
d. 1351
Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
Hosokawa Yoriyuki
d. 1392
Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana
d. 1458 (b. 1398)
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1458)
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Marcos de Niza
d. 1558 (b. 1495)
Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)
Ikoma Chikamasa
d. 1603 (b. 1526)
Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1526)