What happened on October 25 in other years, from the events Wikipedia's editors chose for its "On this day":
- 1147: Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in one of the few Christian victories during the Second Crusade. → Siege of Lisbon
- 1760: George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II. → George III
- 1920: Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention. → Terence MacSwiney
- 1929: Hundreds of students at Armstrong College in Newcastle, England, tarred and feathered Statue of Industry, a sculpture by Herbert Maryon. → Statue of Industry
- 1950: The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War. → People's Volunteer Army
- 2022: At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom. → Liz Truss
Born on October 25
- 1811: Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (died 1832)
- 1838: Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (died 1875)
- 1881: Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
- 1984: Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
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