June 25 facts for kids

June 25th is a day filled with many important events throughout history, from ancient battles to modern discoveries and the births of famous people. Let's explore some of the exciting things that happened on this day!

June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 189 days remain until the end of the year.

Historical Events on June 25

Ancient and Medieval Times

• 524 – The Franks were defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce. This was an important battle in early European history.
• 841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, armies led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German won against the forces of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine. This battle was a key moment in the breakup of the Frankish Empire.
• 1258 – During the War of Saint Sabas, the Venetians defeated a larger fleet from Genoa in the Battle of Acre. This naval battle was fought near the city of Acre.
• 1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg, the Augsburg Confession was presented to the Holy Roman Emperor. This document was a key statement of beliefs for the Lutheran princes and leaders in Germany.

From the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1658 – Spanish forces tried but failed to take back Jamaica during the Battle of Rio Nuevo in the Anglo-Spanish War.
• 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman ever to earn a doctorate degree. She graduated from the University of Padua.
• 1741 – Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Hungary. She became a powerful ruler in Europe.
• 1786 – Explorer Gavriil Pribylov discovered St. George Island, part of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• 1788 – Virginia became the tenth state to officially agree to the United States Constitution.
• 1848 – A photograph taken during the June Days uprising in France became the first known example of photojournalism. This means it was the first time a photo was used to report news.
• 1876 – American Indian Wars: In the famous Battle of the Little Bighorn, about 300 soldiers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer were defeated by about 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. These warriors were led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
• 1900 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovered the Dunhuang manuscripts. These are a collection of very old texts that are important for history and religion. They were found in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China.

Modern Events (1901–Present)

• 1906 – A famous architect named Stanford White was shot and killed by millionaire Harry Thaw in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1910 – The United States Congress passed the Mann Act. This law made it illegal to transport women or girls across state lines for certain reasons.
• 1910 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird was first performed in Paris. This made him a very well-known composer.
• 1913 – Veterans of the American Civil War began to arrive for the Great Reunion of 1913.
• 1935 – Colombia and the Soviet Union officially started diplomatic relations.
• 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde became the first President of Ireland.
• 1940 – World War II: The agreement for France to stop fighting with Nazi Germany officially began.
• 1941 – World War II: The Continuation War started between the Soviet Union and Finland, which was supported by Nazi Germany.
• 1943 – The Holocaust and World War II: Jewish people in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland bravely started an uprising against the Nazis.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the biggest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, began.
• 1944 – World War II: Ships from the United States Navy and British Royal Navy bombed Cherbourg to help United States Army soldiers fighting in the Battle of Cherbourg.
• 1944 – The very last comic strip of Krazy Kat was published. This happened exactly two months after its creator, George Herriman, passed away.
• 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, was published for the first time.
• 1948 – The United States Congress passed the Displaced Persons Act. This law allowed many World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States.
• 1950 – The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
• 1960 – Cold War: Two code-breakers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation and then defected to the Soviet Union.
• 1975 – Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal.
• 1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of internal emergency in India.
• 1976 – Missouri Governor Kit Bond officially apologized for a past order that had caused suffering to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 1978 – The rainbow flag, which represents gay pride, was flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• 1981 – Microsoft changed its structure to become a company in its home state of Washington.
• 1991 – The breakup of Yugoslavia began when Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Yugoslavia.
• 1993 – Kim Campbell became the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
• 1997 – An uncrewed Progress spacecraft crashed into the Russian space station Mir.
• 1997 – The National Hockey League approved new teams for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
• 1998 – In the case Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decided that a law allowing the president to cancel parts of spending bills was unconstitutional.
• 2022 – The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, opened the longest bridge in Bangladesh, the Padma Bridge.
• 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ended with Russia taking control of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk.

Famous Births on June 25

Born Before 1900

• 1242 – Beatrice of England (died 1275)
• 1371 – Joanna II of Naples (died 1435)
• 1560 – Wilhelm Fabry, a German surgeon (died 1634)
• 1568 – Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden (died 1597)
• 1709 – Francesco Araja, an Italian composer (died 1762)
• 1799 – David Douglas, a Scottish-English botanist and explorer (died 1834)
• 1852 – Antoni Gaudí, a famous Spanish architect who designed the Park Güell (died 1926)
• 1860 – Gustave Charpentier, a French composer and conductor (died 1956)
• 1864 – Walther Nernst, a German chemist and physicist who won the Nobel Prize (died 1941)
• 1866 – Eloísa Díaz, Chile's first female doctor (died 1950)
• 1874 – Rose O'Neill, an American cartoonist, artist, and writer (died 1944)
• 1886 – Henry H. Arnold, an American general (died 1950)
• 1887 – George Abbott, an American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
• 1894 – Hermann Oberth, a Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989)
• 1900 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, an English admiral and politician, and the 44th Governor-General of India (died 1979)

Born After 1900

• 1903 – George Orwell, a famous British novelist and writer (died 1950)
• 1907 – J. Hans D. Jensen, a German physicist and academic who won the Nobel Prize (died 1973)
• 1911 – William Howard Stein, an American chemist and biologist who won the Nobel Prize (died 1980)
• 1924 – Sidney Lumet, an American director and producer (died 2011)
• 1925 – June Lockhart, an American actress
• 1928 – Peyo, a Belgian author and illustrator who created The Smurfs (died 1992)
• 1929 – Eric Carle, an American author and illustrator, famous for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (died 2021)
• 1932 – Peter Blake, an English painter and illustrator
• 1936 – B. J. Habibie, an Indonesian engineer and politician, and the 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019)
• 1943 – Carly Simon, a popular American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Roméo Dallaire, a Dutch-Canadian general and politician
• 1954 – Sonia Sotomayor, an American lawyer and judge, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1956 – Anthony Bourdain, an American chef and author (died 2018)
• 1961 – Ricky Gervais, an English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1963 – George Michael, a famous English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)
• 1966 – Dikembe Mutombo, a Congolese-American basketball player
• 1971 – Angela Kinsey, an American actress
• 1975 – Linda Cardellini, an American actress
• 1975 – Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian chess player
• 1982 – Rain, a South Korean singer and actor
• 1988 – Therese Johaug, a Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1998 – Kyle Chalmers, an Australian swimmer

Notable Deaths on June 25

Died Before 1900

• 635 – Gao Zu, a Chinese emperor (born 566)
• 1134 – Niels, king of Denmark (born 1065)
• 1218 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, a French politician (born 1160)
• 1291 – Eleanor of Provence, queen of England (born 1223)
• 1533 – Mary Tudor, queen of France (born 1496)
• 1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, a French captain (born 1611)
• 1767 – Georg Philipp Telemann, a German composer (born 1681)
• 1822 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, a German composer and writer (born 1776)
• 1861 – Abdülmecid I, an Ottoman sultan (born 1823)
• 1876 – George Armstrong Custer, an American general (born 1839)
• 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, a French engineer and politician, and the 5th President of France (born 1837)

Died After 1900

• 1906 – Stanford White, an American architect (born 1853)
• 1912 – Lawrence Alma-Tadema, a Dutch-British painter (born 1836)
• 1916 – Thomas Eakins, an American painter and photographer (born 1844)
• 1937 – Colin Clive, a British actor (born 1900)
• 1947 – Jimmy Doyle, an American boxer (born 1924)
• 1958 – Alfred Noyes, an English author and poet (born 1880)
• 1968 – Tony Hancock, an English comedian and actor (born 1924)
• 1971 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, a Scottish physician and biologist who won the Nobel Prize (born 1880)
• 1976 – Johnny Mercer, an American singer-songwriter who helped start Capitol Records (born 1909)
• 1977 – Olave Baden-Powell, a British leader in Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting (born 1889)
• 1979 – Jacques Cousteau, a famous French oceanographer and explorer (born 1910)
• 1984 – Michel Foucault, a French historian and philosopher (born 1926)
• 1995 – Warren E. Burger, the fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (born 1907)
• 1995 – Ernest Walton, an Irish physicist who won the Nobel Prize (born 1903)
• 2005 – John Fiedler, an American actor and voice artist (born 1925)
• 2009 – Farrah Fawcett, an American actress and producer (born 1947)
• 2009 – Michael Jackson, a world-famous American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1958)
• 2011 – Annie Easley, an American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1933)
• 2015 – Patrick Macnee, an English actor (born 1922)
• 2023 – Simon Crean, an Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1949)

Holidays and Celebrations

• Arbor Day (Philippines)
• Christian feast day:
  • David of Munktorp
  • Eurosia
  • Maximus (Massimo) of Turin
  • Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
  • Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)
  • Prosper of Aquitaine
  • Prosper of Reggio
  • William of Montevergine
  • June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day, celebrates Mozambique becoming independent from Portugal in 1975.
• Independence Day (Croatia)
• National Catfish Day (United States)
• Statehood Day (Slovenia)
• Statehood Day (Virginia)
• Teacher's Day (Guatemala)
• World Vitiligo Day

See also

In Spanish: 25 de junio para niños