Harald Hardrada becomes King and sole ruler of Norway after the death of Magnus I, on October 25, 1047.
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On This Day in History: October 25
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The Battle of Agincourt takes place on October 25, 1415 near Azincourt, in northern France, during the Hundred Years' War, resulting in a significant English victory over the French.
The unexpected victory of the vastly outnumbered English troops against the French army boosted English morale and prestige, crippled France, and started a new period of English dominance in the war.
The Portuguese defeat the Dutch at the Battle of São Jorge da Mina (Elmina) on October 25, 1625, a decisive victory where the Dutch were defeated by Portuguese forces and their African allies. Twelve years later, in 1637, the Dutch eventually succeeded in capturing the fort, taking control of the Portuguese Gold Coast.
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George III becomes King of Great Britain at the age of 22, following the death of his grandfather, George II. He experienced behavioral changes after a fever around age 25 but he recovered.
He suffered from other "mania" episodes in 1788, leading on to his final, permanent decline beginning in 1810, at the age of 72. He remained mentally unfit to rule for the last decade of his life.
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
King Alexander of Greece, dies from sepsis after developing infections from being bitten by a pet monkey about three weeks before. He had been walking through the grounds of the Tatoi estate.
After the incident he king's wounds had been promptly cleaned and dressed but not cauterized. In those times, there was nothing available to treat infected wounds. He was 27 years old when he died.
Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet and was previously a Senator from New Mexico, is found guilty on October 25, 1929, of accepting bribes while in office.
The Bribe investigation revealed that Fall received bribes for leases of publicly-owned Teapot Dome oil fields in Wyoming and Elk Hills in California to oil tycoons. Receiving roughly $400,000 in cash and bonds from Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny in 1921–1922 which he claimed were personal loans. He was sentenced to one year in prison. Despite Albert Fall's conviction for accepting bribes, Sinclair and Doheny were acquitted of paying them. 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 and aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem. The decision was rooted in the Cold War belief in the "domino effect," where the fall of South Vietnam to communism could lead to other neighboring nations to fall.
It marked the beginning of a long-term U.S. involvement in South Vietnam, later continued and expanded by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. 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.