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What happened on November 25
On November 25 history recorded 61 notable events. 160 people who left a mark were born on this day, and 102 died. Here is the full almanac.
- 61events
- 160births
- 102deaths
- 7observances
Highlights
Highlights
1034
After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis, Duncan, the son of his second daughter, rather than Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of Scots.
Máel Coluim mac Cinaeda (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Choinnich; anglicised Malcolm II; was King of Alba from 1005 until his death in 1034. He was one of the longest-reigning Scottish Kings of that period.
1491Reconquista: The Granada War was effectively brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between Castile-Aragon and the Emirate of Granada.
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military campaigns by northern Iberian Christian polities against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus, which had previously been part of the Visigothic Kingdom before the Muslim Conquest of 711. The Reconquista con
1510Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts: Afonso de Albuquerque, the governor of Portuguese India, led an armada to conquer Goa.
The Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts were various armed engagements that took place in India between the Portuguese Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur, ruled by the Adil Shahi dynasty, whose rulers were known to the Portuguese as Hidalcão.
November 25
On this day
VI century BC
- 571 BC
571 BCServius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
XI century
XII century
XIV century
XV century
XVI century
- 1510
1510Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. - 1596
1596The Cudgel War begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when peasants rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility.
XVII century
XVIII century
- 1755
1755King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. - 1758
1758French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh. - 1759
1759An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000–40,000. - 1783
1783American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. - 1795
1795Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
XIX century
- 1826
1826The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. - 1833
1833A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. - 1839
1839A cyclone slams into south-eastern India. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster. - 1863
1863American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee. - 1864
1864American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. - 1874
1874The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. - 1876
1876American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
XX century
- 1905
1905Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. - 1908
1908A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people. - 1912
1912Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians prior to World War II, ceases its publications. - 1915
1915Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. - 1917
1917World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. - 1918
1918Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia. - 1926
1926The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400. - 1931
1931Wilhelm Schäfer leaves the Nazi Party and hands over the Boxheim Documents to the Frankfurt police. - 1936
1936In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. - 1941
1941World War II: HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo. - 1943
1943World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. - 1947
1947Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. - 1947
1947New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. - 1950
1950The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars). - 1952
1952Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the longest continuously running play in history. - 1952
1952Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle". - 1958
1958French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. - 1960
1960The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. - 1963
1963State funeral of John F. Kennedy; after lying in state at the United States Capitol, a Requiem Mass takes place at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle and the President is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. - 1968
1968The Old Student House in Helsinki, Finland is occupied by a large group of University of Helsinki students. - 1970
1970In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. - 1973
1973Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. - 1975
1975Coup of 25 November 1975, a failed military coup d'état by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy to establish a communist regime. - 1975
1975Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. - 1977
1977Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983. - 1980
1980Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Saye Zerbo. - 1981
1981Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. - 1984
1984Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. - 1985
1985A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21. - 1986
1986Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. - 1986
1986The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. - 1987
1987Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. - 1992
1992The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993. - 1999
1999A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast. - 2000
2000The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0 kills 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, being the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
XXI century
- 2008
2008Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. - 2009
2009Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
Best known
Born on November 25
1880John Flynn (minister)
Australian Presbyterian minister and founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
1881Pope John XXIII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
1883Harvey Spencer Lewis
American writer and mystic
1887Nikolai Vavilov
Russian botanist and geneticist
1889Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright
1890Isaac Rosenberg
English poet
Best known
Died on November 25
311AD 311
Calendar year
734Bilge Qaghan
Fourth Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate
1120William Adelin
Heir apparent of Henry I of England
1185Pope Lucius III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185
1374Philip II of Taranto
Titular Latin Emperor from 1364 to 1373
1456Jacques Cœur
15th-century French government official and merchant
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Catherine of Alexandria and its related observances
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Reute
- Christian feast day: Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England)
- Christian feast day: James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Roses Revolution Day, against obstetric violence
Frequently asked questions
What happened on November 25?
61 documented historical events happened on November 25, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis, Duncan, the son of his second daughter, rather than Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of Scots. On the same day, in another year: Reconquista: The Granada War was effectively brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between Castile-Aragon and the Emirate of Granada. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
Who was born on November 25?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on November 25, including John Flynn (minister), Pope John XXIII, Harvey Spencer Lewis. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
Who died on November 25?
102 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 25, including AD 311, Bilge Qaghan, William Adelin. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What is celebrated on November 25?
7 observances are celebrated on November 25 around the world: Christian feast day: Catherine of Alexandria and its related observances, Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Reute, Christian feast day: Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England), Christian feast day: James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church), Christian feast day: November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
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