What are the important events that happened on October 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 25 is the 298^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 12, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,761,350,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontaoctagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 115 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,691 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 25 Historical Events

• 1147 –
  Seljuk Turks completely annihilate German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
• 1147 –
  The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
• 1944 –
  Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets.
• 1945 –
  The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan’s surrender to the Allies.
• 1962 –
  Uganda joins the United Nations.
• 1977 –
  Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
• 1983 –
  Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
• 1991 –
  History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People’s Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
• 2009 –
  The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
• 2010 –
  Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, begins over a month of eruptions.

Who were born on October 25?

• 1838 –
  Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
• 1867 –
  Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)
• 1954 –
  Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
• 1964 –
  Nicole, German singer
• 1966 –
  Perry Satullo, American professional wrestler
• 1970 –
  J.A. Adande, American sports columnist
• 1974 –
  Goya Jaekel, German footballer
• 1978 –
  Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
• 1981 –
  Jon Wood, American NASCAR driver
• 1987 –
  Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast and Olympic medallist

Who died on October 25?

• 1415 –
  Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
• 1415 –
  Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373)
• 1936 –
  Antonios Miaoulis, Greek politician and revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence (b. 1800)
• 1945 –
  Robert Ley, German Nazi leader (b. 1890)
• 1953 –
  Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867)
• 1965 –
  Eduard Einstein, son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
• 1973 –
  Robert Scholl, German politician, father of Hans and Sophie Scholl (b. 1891)
• 1998 –
  Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
• 1999 –
  Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
• 2010 –
  Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)