View Historical Events by Day: What Happened Today in History on March 25

The first recorded Olympic Games in ancient Greece take place in Olympia.

Roman Emperor Trajan dies, and Hadrian becomes Emperor.

Emperor Otto III of the Holy Roman Empire dies unexpectedly at the age of 22.

Æthelred the Unready, King of England, dies and is succeeded by his son Edmund Ironside.

Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, is born in Cheapside, London. December 21, 1118

The Council of Nablus is convened by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem.

Victor IV is elected as Antipope by the Holy Roman Empire.

Murasaki Shikibu, author of "The Tale of Genji," dies in Japan.

The Battle of Harlaw takes place in Scotland between Highlanders and Lowlanders.

1423, March 25 - The Treaty of Amiens is signed between England and France, temporarily ending hostilities during the Hundred Years' War.

The world map containing the name "America," by Martin Waldseemüller, is published.

Spaniard Juan Ponce de León sights Florida.

Emperor Charles V issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther a heretic and an outlaw, making him subject to capture. During his trial at the assembly of Worms,  Martin Luther's  defense argument was: "My conscience is captive to the word of God! To go against conscience is neither right nor safe, I therefore cannot, and I will not recant! Here I stand. I can do no other." More

Death of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia.

Voltaire's "Philosophical Letters" is banned in Paris.

The British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; establishing a penalty of £120 per slave for ship captains violating the law. However, slaves in the colonies (excluding areas ruled by the East India Company) were not freed until 1838 – and only after slave-owners, rather than the slaves themselves, received compensation. More

The EEC is created by the signing of the Treaties of Rome. France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg . building on the success of the Coal and Steel Treaty, expand their cooperation to other economic sectors by signing two treaties, creating the European Economic Community (EEC), and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). These bodies come into being on January 1, 1958. More

Martin Luther King Jr. leads his first anti-war march in Chicago. Reinforcing the connection between war abroad and injustice at home: “The bombs in Vietnam explode at home—they destroy the dream and possibility for a decent America” the dream and possibility for a decent America”. More