October 25 facts for kids

October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

• 1147 - Portuguese forces under Afonso I of Portugal, and crusaders from England and Flanders, conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
• 1154 - Henry II of England becomes King.
• 1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats a French army at the Battle of Agincourt.
• 1616 – Dirk Hartog makes the second-recorded European landing in Australia, on Dirk Hartog Island, off the west coast.
• 1671 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Iapetus.
• 1722 - King Louis XV of France, aged 12, is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
• 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
• 1760 - George III of the United Kingdom becomes King, after the death of his grandfather, King George II of Great Britain.
• 1788 – The HMAV Bounty reaches Tahiti.
• 1812 - War of 1812: American frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
• 1822 - Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
• 1828 - The St. Catherine Docks open in London.
• 1854 - Crimean War: Battle of Balaklava, including the British Charge of the Light Brigade.
• 1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
• 1900 - The United Kingdom annexes Transvaal.

1901 – 2000

• 1917 - Julian calendar date of Russia's October Revolution. In the Gregorian calendar, the date was November 7.
• 1918 - Canadian steamship Princess Sophia hits a reef off Alaska and sinks, killing all 356 people on board.
• 1927 - Italian luxury steamship Principessa Mafalda hits a rock off Porto Seguro, Brazil, and sinks, killing 312 people.
• 1929 - Wall Street Crash: The severe losses of the previous day continue.
• 1940 - Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general of the United States Army.
• 1941 - World War II: The Romanian Army liberates Carei, the last Romanian city under Nazi-Hungarian control.
• 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf occurs in the Philippines.
• 1945 – The Republic of China takes over Taiwan.
• 1955 - In Japan, 12-year-old Sadako Sasaki dies, as a result of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima 10 years earlier. Her origami cranes, folded after she became unwell, have become symbols of peace and opposition to nuclear weapons.
• 1962 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
• 1962 – Uganda joins the UN.
• 1971 – At the UN, the People's Republic of China joins, as the Republic of China is expelled.
• 1979 - Catalonia and the Basque Country gain some autonomy (self-rule) within Spain.
• 1979 – The last new episode of Fawlty Towers airs.
• 1983 – The US and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after its Prime Minister Maurice Bishop is killed in a coup.
• 1990 - Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• 1991 - Four months after the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
• 1995 - A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing 7 students.
• 1995 - Latvia applies to join the EU.
• 1997 - Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.

From 2001

• 2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP.
• 2004 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro announces that transactions in the country that involve the United States Dollar will be banned.
• 2007 - Singapore Airlines carry out the first passenger flight of an Airbus A380.
• 2009 - Bombings in Baghdad kill 155 people.
• 2010 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra causes tsunamis, which kill over 400 people, and leave many more missing.

Births

Up to 1900

• 1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
• 1510 - Renée of France (d. 1574)
• 1576 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (d. 1623)
• 1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757)
• 1692 – Elizabeth Farnese, wife of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
• 1754 - Richard Howell, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1802)
• 1759 - Maria Feodorovna, Russian Empress (d. 1828)
• 1759 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
• 1767 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
• 1782 - Levi Lincoln, Jr., 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
• 1789 - Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer and botanist (d. 1875)
• 1800 - Thomas Macaulay, British poet, historian and politician (d. 1859)
• 1802 - Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864)
• 1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
• 1811 – Evariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832)
• 1821 - Antonio Ciseri, Italian painter (d. 1891)
• 1825 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
• 1827 - Marcelin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (d. 1907)
• 1828 - Dragan Tsankov, Bulgarian political figure (d. 1911)
• 1838 – Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
• 1856 – Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
• 1864 – Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956)
• 1864 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920)
• 1867 – Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d.1937)
• 1868 - Dan Burke, American baseball player (d. 1933)
• 1868 - Oskar Kallas, Estonian diplomat, linguist and folklorist (d. 1946)
• 1877 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (d. 1957)
• 1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
• 1888 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
• 1889 – Abel Gance, movie writer (d. 1981)
• 1889 - Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1891 - Father Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and radio broadcaster (d. 1979)
• 1892 – Leo G. Carroll, actor (d. 1972)
• 1895 – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
• 1900 - Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian social activist (d. 1978)

1901 – 1950

• 1902 – Eddie Lang, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
• 1902 - Carlo Gnocchi, Italian priest, educator and writer (d. 1955)
• 1902 - Alfred E. Driscoll, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1975)
• 1903 - Katharine Byron, United States Congresswoman (d. 1976)
• 1910 – William Higinbotham, American physicist (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian and singer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
• 1914 – John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972)
• 1915 – Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician (d. 1999)
• 1918 - Chubby Jackson, American jazz musician and bandleader (d. 2003)
• 1919 - Norman E. Erbe, Governor of Iowa (d. 2000)
• 1919 - Beate Uhser-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (d. 2001)
• 1921 - Michael I, former King of Romania
• 1923 - Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (d. 1990)
• 1923 - Bobby Thomson, Scottish-born American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1923 - Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal
• 1924 – Bill Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano (d. 2012)
• 1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibanez, former President of Uruguay (d. 2016)
• 1927 – Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
• 1928 – Marion Ross, American actress
• 1928 - Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist (d. 2016)
• 1928 - Jeanne Cooper, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1928 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1931 - Annie Girardot, French actress (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Jack Haley Jr., movie producer and director (d. 2001)
• 1935 – Rusty Schweickart, American astronaut
• 1936 - Martin Gilbert, British historian (d. 2015)
• 1936 - Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress
• 1937 - Roberto Menescal, Brazilian musician
• 1939 - Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek movie director and writer (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
• 1941 – Anne Tyler, novelist
• 1942 – Helen Reddy, Australian singer
• 1944 – Jon Anderson, singer (Yes)
• 1944 – James Carville, political operative
• 1944 - Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician
• 1947 – Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
• 1948 – Dan Gable, wrestler and coach
• 1949 – Brian Kerwin, actor

1951 – 1975

• 1951 – Richard Lloyd, musician
• 1952 - Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician and academic
• 1954 – Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
• 1955 - Glynis Barber, English actress
• 1955 - Robin Eubanks, American jazz musician
• 1955 – Matthias Jabs, German guitarist
• 1957 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
• 1957 - Bernard Hogan-Howe, English police officer
• 1958 – Phil Daniels, British actor
• 1959 - Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2013)
• 1961 - Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
• 1961 - Willie Walsh, Irish businessman
• 1962 - Nick Hancock, British TV presenter
• 1962 – Darlene Vogel, American actress
• 1963 - John Levén, Swedish bassist (Europe)
• 1963 – Tracy Nelson, actress
• 1964 – Nicole Hohloch, German singer
• 1966 - Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Oleg Salenko, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
• 1970 – Ed Robertson, Canadian guitarist and singer (Barenaked Ladies)
• 1970 - Adam Goldberg, American actor
• 1970 - Adam Pascal, American actor
• 1971 – Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
• 1971 – Midori, Japanese violinist
• 1972 - Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1973 - Bettina Wulff, former First Lady of Germany
• 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist

From 1976

• 1977 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer
• 1977 - Anita Rani, English television presenter
• 1979 - Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish television personality, model and fashion designer
• 1979 - Rob Hulse, English footballer
• 1981 – Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
• 1981 - Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1982 - Victoria Frances, Spanish artist
• 1984 – Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens)
• 1984 - Eddie Gaven, American soccer player
• 1984 – Katy Perry, American singer
• 1985 – Ciara Harris, American singer
• 1985 - Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer
• 1986 - DJ Webstar, American DJ and producer
• 1987 - Bill Amis, American basketball player
• 1987 – Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
• 1987 – Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
• 1995 - Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
• 2001 - Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, next in-line to the throne of Belgium
• 2006 – Krista and Tatiana Hogan, Canadian craniopagus conjoined twins

Deaths

Up to 1900

• 304 - Pope Marcellinus
• 625 - Pope Boniface V
• 1047 – King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)
• 1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
• 1200 - Conrad of Wittelsbach, German archbishop
• 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet (b. 1340)
• 1415 - Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
• 1415 - Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371)
• 1478 - Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425)
• 1495 – King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
• 1514 - William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop (b. 1431)
• 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
• 1733 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
• 1760 – King George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1806 - Henry Knox, American general and politician (b. 1750)
• 1833 - Abbas Mirza of Persia (b. 1789)
• 1836 - Antonios Miaoulis, Greek politician and revolutionary leader (b. 1800)
• 1844 - Heinrich Cotta, German forester (b. 1763)
• 1920 – King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman (b. 1853)
• 1926 - Charles Marion Russell, American artist and writer (b. 1864)
• 1945 - Robert Ley, German Nazi official (b. 1890)
• 1951 - Amelie of Orleans, last Queen of Portugal (b. 1865)
• 1955 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese Hiroshima Atomic bomb victim (b. 1943)
• 1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932)
• 1973 - Robert Scholl, German politician (b. 1891)
• 1973 - Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1992 - Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936)
• 1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1994 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
• 1995 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
• 1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)

From 2001

• 2001 - Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Empress of Iran (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 2002 - René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2003 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and spiritual figure (b. 1920)
• 2003 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)
• 2004 – John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)
• 2009 - Camillo Cibin, Italian papal bodyguard (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
• 2011 - Tom McNeeley, American boxer (b. 1937)
• 2012 - John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)
• 2012 - Jacques Barzun, French-born American historian and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 2013 - Arthur Danto, American philosopher and art critic (b. 1924)
• 2013 - Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2013 - Hal Needham, American stuntman and director (b. 1931)
• 2013 - Marcia Wallace, American actress (b. 1942)
• 2014 - Marcia Strassman, American actress (b. 1948)
• 2014 - Jack Bruce, Scottish musician (b. 1943)
• 2014 - Carlos Morales Troncoso, Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940)
• 2015 - Flip Saunders, American basketball coach (b. 1955)
• 2015 - Lisa Jardine, English historian (b. 1944)
• 2016 - Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)

Observances

• Constitution Day (Lithuania)
• Armed Forces Day (Romania)
• Day of the Basque Country
• Republic Day (Kazakhstan)
• Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)

See also

In Spanish: 25 de octubre para niños