March 25

March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of the year.

• 421 - Venice is said to have been founded.
• 708 – Constantine is made Pope.
• 717 - Theodosius III resigns from the throne of the Byzantine Empire in order to enter the clergy.
• 1199 - King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
• 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.
• 1409 – The Council of Pisa opens.
• 1555 - The city of Valencia, Negros Oriental, Venezuela is founded.
• 1634 – The first settlers arrive in Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore).
• 1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
• 1655 – Protestants take over Maryland at the Battle of the Severn.
• 1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
• 1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing slavery in the United Kingdom.
• 1811 - Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled by the University of Oxford for producing the pamphlet, The Necessity of Atheism.
• 1821 – Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.
• 1865 – The "Claywater Meteorite" explodes just before reaching ground level in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Fragments having a combined mass of 1.5 kg are recovered.
• 1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• 1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C..

• 1901 – At the five-day "Week of Nice" race in Nice, France, Mercedes wins its first racing victory.
• 1911 – In New York City the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire kills 146 garment workers.
• 1913 – Floods kill 300 people in Dayton, Ohio.
• 1918 – The Belarusian National Republic was established.
• 1924 – Greece proclaims itself a republic.
• 1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
• 1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.
• 1941 – Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers.
• 1947 – A explosion in a coalmine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• 1949 – The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
• 1955 – United States Customs seizes Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as obscene.
• 1957 – The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg). It later becomes the European Union.
• 1960 – In London, United Kingdom, Jacqueline Boyer wins the fifth Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi".
• 1961 – Sputnik 10 is launched into space.
• 1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. complete successfully their 4-day 50 mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery.
• 1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
• 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight of Pakistan Army against East Pakistani civilians.
• 1972 – In Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Vicky Leandros wins the seventeenth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Après toi" (After you).
• 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
• 1979 – The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
• 1980 – The UK announces that it will participate in the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• 1988 - The Candle Demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
• 1990 – In New York City, a fire at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
• 1992 – Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
• 1992 - The Pakistan national cricket team wins the Cricket World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia.
• 1995 – Ward Cunningham opens the first wiki, the Portland Pattern Repository.
• 1996 – An 81-day long standoff between the antigovernment group Montana Freemen and law enforcement in Jordan, Montana begins.
• 1996 – The EU's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (BSE).

• 2001 – Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland implement the Schengen Agreement.
• 2002 – An earthquake in Afghanistan kills 2,000 people.
• 2004 – Air Holland files for bankruptcy in response to unproven allegations of marijuana abuse by the their pilots.^[source?]
• 2006 – Several anti-Government demonstrators are arrested in Belarus.
• 2012 – Hong Kong elects CY Leung as Chief Executive.
• 2014 - The first cases of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa are officially reported in Guinea.
• 2015 - British Top Gear television presenter Jeremy Clarkson is fired by the BBC over a physical attack on a producer.
• 2015 - It is announced that Zayn Malik is leaving the boy band One Direction.

• 1157 - Alfonso II of Aragon (d. 1196)
• 1252 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia, King of Sicily and Jerusalem (d. 1268)
• 1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1332)
• 1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1341)
• 1345 – Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)
• 1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)
• 1479 – Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)
• 1539 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
• 1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
• 1545 - John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)
• 1593 - Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1661 – Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
• 1714 - Matthew Griswold, American politician, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1799)
• 1767 – Joachim Murat, King of Naples (d. 1815)
• 1782 – Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples (d. 1839)
• 1786 - Giovanni Battista Amici, Italian astronomer and botanist (d. 1863)
• 1808 - José de Espronceda, Spanish writer and poet (d. 1842)
• 1819 - Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Faroese Lutheran minister and linguist (d. 1909)
• 1821 - Robert Bentley, English botanist (d. 1893)
• 1840 – Myles Keogh, American soldier of fortune (d. 1876)
• 1860 - Friedrich Naumann, German theologian and politician (d. 1919)
• 1865 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (d. 1957)
• 1867 - Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor (d. 1941)
• 1868 - Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
• 1871 - Louis Perée, French fencer (d. 1924)
• 1872 - Horatio Nelson Jackson, American racing driver and physician (d. 1955)
• 1873 – Rudolf Rocker, German anarchist (d. 1958)
• 1874 - Emperor Sunjong of Korea (d. 1926)
• 1876 - Irving Baxter, American jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)
• 1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople (d. 1972)
• 1887 - Chuichi Nagumi, Japanese admiral (d. 1944)

• 1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1905 - Pote Sarasin, Thai politician (d. 2000)
• 1908 – David Lean, British movie director (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Magda Olivero, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2014)
• 1911 – Jack Ruby, assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)
• 1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Paul Scott, British novelist (d. 1987)
• 1921 – Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
• 1921 - Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1922 - Eileen Ford, American model agency executive (d. 2014)
• 1924 - Machiko Kyo, Japanese actress
• 1926 – Laszlo Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
• 1926 - Riz Ortolani, Italian composer (d. 2014)
• 1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (d. 1999)
• 1926 - Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
• 1927 - P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry
• 1928 – Roald Aas, Norwegian speed skater (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Jim Lovell, American astronaut
• 1930 - Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer (d. 1982)
• 1931 – Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 2011)
• 1932 - Roger Wilkins, American civil rights activist and journalist (d. 2017)
• 1934 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist and publisher
• 1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian industrialist, lobbyist and arms dealer
• 1937 - Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza
• 1938 - Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 1938 - Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
• 1940 - Mina, Italian singer
• 1940 - Anita Bryant, American singer
• 1940 - Anker Buch, Danish violinist (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer (d. 2018)
• 1942 – Richard O'Brien, English actor, writer and composer
• 1942 – Kim Woodburn, English television personality
• 1946 - Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Elton John, English singer and songwriter

• 1951 - Maizie Williams, Montserratian-English performer (Boney M.)
• 1952 - Stephen Dorrell, English politician
• 1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher and politician, Mayor of Bogota
• 1955 - Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach and manager
• 1955 - Jim Shannon, Northern Irish politician
• 1957 - Christina Boxer, English runner
• 1957 - Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
• 1958 - John Ensign, American politician
• 1958 - James McDaniel, American actor and director
• 1960 - Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter and producer (Spandau Ballet)
• 1960 - Brenda Strong, American actress
• 1962 - David Nuttall, English politician
• 1962 – Marcia Cross, American actress
• 1963 - Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1964 - Mike Henry, American voice actor, writer and producer
• 1964 - René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1965 - Avery Johnson, American basketball coach
• 1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
• 1965 – Frank Ordenewitz, German footballer
• 1966 - Frank Ferrer, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
• 1966 – Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Debi Thomas, American figure skater
• 1969 - Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, producer and actress
• 1970 - Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
• 1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player
• 1972 – Yuichi Yoshimoto, Japanese footballer
• 1972 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1973 - Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
• 1973 - Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 - Kseniya Rappoport, Russian actress
• 1975 – Melanie Blatt, British singer

• 1976 – Reema Vakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1976 - Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
• 1976 - GiGi Leung, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houari, French athlete
• 1981 - Casey Neistadt, American YouTube personality and filmmaker
• 1982 – Danica Patrick, American racecar driver
• 1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress
• 1985 - Carmen Rasmussen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Jason Castro, American singer
• 1987 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
• 1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
• 1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
• 1988 – Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
• 1988 - Ryan Lewis, American DJ and producer
• 1989 – Scott Sinclair, English footballer
• 1989 – Alyson Michalka, American actress
• 1991 – Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
• 1991 - Samia Yusuf Omar, Somali sprinter (d. 2012)
• 2005 - Zack Raines,Great Canadian

• 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
• 1223 – Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
• 1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (b. 1281)
• 1558 - Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)
• 1583 - Juan de Garay, Spanish conquistador (b. 1528)
• 1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer (b. 1556)
• 1732 - Lucy Filippini, Italian saint (b. 1672)
• 1751 – Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
• 1801 – Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
• 1818 - Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
• 1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon and physician (b. 1795)
• 1862 – John Peisley, first Australian born bushranger, hanged (b. 1835)
• 1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)

• 1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (b. 1861)
• 1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
• 1919 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor and artist (b. 1881)
• 1931 - Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
• 1932 - Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b. 1845)
• 1945 – Franz Oppenhoff, German jurist and Mayor of Aachen (b. 1902)
• 1957 - Max Ophüls, German director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1967 - Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b. 1913)
• 1969 - Max Eastman, American poet (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourg-American photographer (b. 1879)
• 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
• 1979 - Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1980 – Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
• 1980 – Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
• 1988 - Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer and director (b. 1931)
• 1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French archbishop (b. 1905)
• 1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1994 - Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician (b. 1899)
• 1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)

• 2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Paul Henning, American TV and movie producer (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Buck Owens, American singer and TV personality (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Abby Mann, American movie writer and producer (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer (b. 1943)
• 2014 - Nanda, Indian actress (b. 1939)
• 2014 - Ralph Wilson, American businessman (b. 1918)
• 2014 - Jerry Roberts, British World War II code breaker (b. 1920)
• 2014 - Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, Iranian historian and writer (b. 1924)
• 2014 - Jonathan Schell, American writer, journalist and activist (b. 1943)
• 2014 - Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2015 - George Fischbeck, American weatherman (b. 1922)
• 2015 - Ivo Garrani, Italian actor (b. 1924)
• 2015 - Dick Bond, American politician (b. 1921)
• 2015 - Bill Slayback, American baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2015 - Ron Suart, English footballer (b. 1920)
• 2016 - Abu Ala al-Afri, Iraqi militant (b. 1958)
• 2016 - Clodomir Santos de Morais, Brazilian sociologist (b. 1928)
• 2016 - Paolo Poli, Italian actor (b. 1929)
• 2016 - Imre Pozsgay, Hungarian politician (b. 1933)
• 2016 - David Snellgrove, British Tibetologist (b. 1920)
• 2017 - Teodor Oizerman, Soviet-Russian philosopher (b. 1914)
• 2017 - Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1921)

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