On This Day in History for October 25
Events in History
- 1147 King Afonso I of Portugal occupiers Lisbon
- 1147 Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum
- 1241 Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV (-Nov 10 1241)
- 1315 Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on Liverpool Castle
- 1415 Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's forces defeat larger French army, and the longbow defeats the armored knight (Azincourt, France)
- 1415 John IV of Burgundy becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg, upon his father's death
- More Events in History
William Grenville
Pablo Picasso
Richard E. Byrd
Klaus BarbieWeddings in History
- 1764 Future 2nd American President John Adams (28) weds Abigail Smith (19) in Weymouth, Massachusetts (marriage lasts 54 years)
- 1777 Governor of Virginia Patrick Henry (41) weds second wife Dorothea Dandridge
- 1859 US President Chester A. Arthur (30) weds Ellen Herndon (22) at Calvary Episcopal Church in NYC, New York
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Geoffrey Chaucer
George II
Henry Knox
Albert AnastasiaOctober in History
The 17 Year-Old Witness to the Eruption of Vesuvius
17 year-old Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii made the event famous long after Pompeii was buried and forgotten.
October 24, 79 AD
The Charge of the Light Brigade, a Brave and Foolish Tale
The Charge of the Light Brigade is infamous as an act of bravery in the face all insurmountable odds. An event immortalized in poetry by Alfred Tennyson.
October 25, 1854
Dirk Hartog Discovers Australia
An illustration of Dirk Hartog nailing the inscribed pewter plate in Dirk Hartog Island, Australia
October 25, 1616
The Gunfight at OK Corral
Said to have lasted just 30 seconds, the gunfight at OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, is remembered as one of the great shootouts in the annals of the Wild West
October 26, 1881