What is October 25?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1147]] &ndash; [[Portugal|Portuguese]] forces under [[Afonso I of Portugal]], and [[crusade]]rs from [[England]] and [[Flanders]], conquer [[Lisbon]] after a four–month siege. * [[1154]] &ndash; [[Henry II of England]] becomes [[King]]. * [[1415]] &ndash; The [[army]] of [[Henry V of England]] defeats a French army at the [[Battle of Agincourt]]. * [[1616]] &ndash; [[Dirk Hartog]] makes the second–recorded European landing in [[Australia]], on Dirk Hartog Island, off the west coast. * [[1671]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] discovers [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]'s moon [[Iapetus (moon)|Iapetus]]. * [[1722]] &ndash; King [[Louis XV of France]], aged 12, is crowned in [[Reims]] [[Cathedral]]. * [[1747]] &ndash; A British fleet under [[Admiral]] Sir [[Edward Hawke]] defeats the French at the [[Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|Second Battle of Cape Finisterre]]. * [[1760]] &ndash; [[George III of the United Kingdom]] becomes King, after the death of his grandfather, King [[George II of Great Britain]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; The [[Mutiny on the Bounty|HMAV Bounty]] reaches [[Tahiti]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: American [[frigate]] USS ''United States'', commanded by [[Stephen Decatur]], captures the British frigate HMS ''Macedonian''. * [[1822]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: The [[First Siege of Missolonghi]] begins. * [[1828]] &ndash; The [[St. Catherine Docks]] open in [[London]]. * [[1854]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: [[Battle of Balaklava]], including the British [[Charge of the Light Brigade]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; The [[Toronto]] Stock Exchange is created. * [[1900]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] annexes [[Transvaal]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1917]] &ndash; [[Julian calendar]] date of [[Russia]]'s [[October Revolution]]. In the [[Gregorian calendar]], the date was [[November 7]]. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Canada|Canadian]] steamship ''Princess Sophia'' hits a reef off [[Alaska]] and sinks, killing all 356 people on board. * [[19