On October 25, history records 32 notable events, 111 famous births and 121 deaths, spanning the years 473 to 1828.
Events on this day include: Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire. (473); Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum. (1147).
Notable people born on October 25 include Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), William Clito (1102), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope Boniface V (625), Prince Ōtsu (686), Rudolph I of Burgundy (912).
Events on 25 October 32
See all →Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques reconquered Lisbon.
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.
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.
British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
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Birthdays on 25 October 111
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