On March 25, history records 40 notable events, 214 famous births and 109 deaths, spanning the years 708 to 1584.
Events on this day include: Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope. (708); Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy. (717).
Notable people born on March 25 include Conradin (1252), Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259), Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297).
Notable figures who died on this day include Li Kening (908), Taira no Masakado (940), Kenneth III of Scotland (1005).
Events on 25 March 40
See all →Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
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Birthdays on 25 March 214
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Deaths on 25 March 109
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