Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on October 25th?

The Battle of Agincourt takes place during the Hundred Years' War, resulting in a significant English victory over the French.

George III becomes King of Great Britain following the death of his grandfather, George II.

Abigail Smith married a young lawyer from Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, by the name of John Adams, who would become, some thirty years later, the second president of the United States. Abigail Adams who was both the wife and the mother of a president shares that distinction with Barbara Bush.

The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in the loss of the Light Brigade, one of Britain’s most spectacular military disasters. It was memorialized by Alfred Lord Tennyson’s popular poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, written just a few weeks after the battle. More

The United States defeats Spain in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a decisive naval engagement during the Spanish-American War.

The October Revolution in Russia begins as the Bolshevik Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, seizes power in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg).

The Teapot Dome scandal; Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. More

Japan employs kamikaze bombers for the first time at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, which took place in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines. Kamikaze strikes against Allied warships continued throughout World and were costly to both sides. War II. More

U.S President Dwight Eisenhower pledges support to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem. More

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, which “restored” the People's Republic of China to the Chinese seat at the UN and “expelled” the Republic of China (Taiwan). Since then, Taiwan has sought to maintain its international space without the benefits of UN membership. More

The United States invades Grenada, known as Operation Urgent Fury, in response to a coup. More

Typhoon Morakot strikes Taiwan, causing significant flooding and landslides.