March 25

,, was New Years' Day in many European implementations of the , preceding by exactly nine months.

Events

 * - is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on.
 * - becomes.
 * - The opens.
 * - is granted a patent to exploit.
 * - The first settlers arrive in.
 * - 's largest moon,, is discovered by.
 * 1655  -  take control of  at the.
 * - The is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between  and.
 * - The becomes law, abolishing the  in the.
 * 1807  - The, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, became the first passenger carrying railway in the world.
 * - is expelled from the  for his publication of the pamphlet .
 * -  revolt against the, beginning the.
 * - patented.
 * - The "" explodes just before reaching ground level in . Fragments having a combined mass of 1.5 are recovered.
 * 1865  - : In,  forces capture  from the  in a bloody battle.
 * -, the first significant protest march, departs  for.
 * - At the five-day "" race in, , wins its first racing victory.
 * -, one of the big five of Argentina, was founded.
 * -, Founded in ,.
 * - In  the  kills 146 garment workers.
 * - The restores its  abolished by  in 1811.
 * - The was established.
 * - The are arrested in  and charged with.
 * -  becomes.
 * - joins the  with the signing of the.
 * - An explosion in a in  kills 111.
 * - The extensive deportation campaign known as was conducted in,  and  to force  by way of . The  authorities deported more than 92,000 people from  to remote areas of the.
 * -  seizes copies of 's poem "" as obscene.
 * - The is established.
 * - 's makes it debut flight.
 * - activists led by  successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from  to the capitol in.
 * - During their honeymoon, and  hold their first  in the   (until ).
 * - : Beginning of of  against i civilians.
 * - is shot and killed by a  nephew.
 * - The first fully functional orbiter, , is delivered to the  to be prepared for its first launch.
 * - The in  was the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in.
 * - In, , a at an illegal  called "" kills 87 people.
 * -  returns to  after a 10-month stay aboard the.
 * 1995  -  opens the first, the.
 * - An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group and law enforcement near, begins.
 * 1996  - The  is founded in.
 * 1996  - The   bans the export of  beef and its by-products as a result of.
 * - Rapper releases his first posthumous album Life After Death sixteen days after he is killed from gunshots.  The double cd is certified ten million copies and debuts at number one.
 * - energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined to  to, population 200.
 * - files for bankruptcy in response to unproven allegations of  abuse by their pilots.
 * - The occurs: a gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in   neighborhood; it is one of the largest s the city has ever had.
 * 2006  - Protesters demanding a re-election in Belarus following the rigged  clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin was among several protesters arrested.

Births

 * -, Duke of Swabia (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * 1297 -, Archbishop of Prague (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, Italian saint (d. )
 * (baptism) -, English military leader (d. )
 * -, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French Jesuit missionary (d. )
 * -, French encylopedist (d. )
 * -, French historian (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, King of Naples (d. )
 * -, Queen of Naples (d. )
 * -, German geologist (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, U.S. Soldier in & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. )
 * -, American pathologist (d. )
 * -, Italian conductor, (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, German anarchist (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, Hungarian composer (d. )
 * 1881  -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Alsatian chemist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, German physician (d. )
 * -, Scottish actor (d. )
 * -, New Zealand motorcycle racer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Jewish-American scholar (d. )
 * 1903  -, American pianist and bandleader (d. )
 * -, British historian (d. )
 * 1906  -, French singer (d. )
 * -, German actor and director (d. )
 * 1908  -, English film director (d. )
 * -, Italian soprano
 * -, killer of (d. )
 * -, French stage and film actor (d. )
 * - Sir, Anglo-Cypriot hotel magnate, head of (d. )
 * -, American agricultural scientist, recipient of the
 * -, American sports reporter (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * 1920  -, Jamaican runner (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1921  -, French actress (d. )
 * 1921  -, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. )
 * -, American model agency executive
 * -, American author (d. )
 * 1925 -, French composer and conductor
 * -, Hungarian boxer (d. )
 * 1926  -, Mexican poet (d. )
 * -, American astronaut
 * -, Dutch cyclist (d. )
 * -, American jazz drummer and composer
 * -, American film critic
 * -, American feminist and publisher
 * -, Filipino boxer
 * -, American musician and actor (d. )
 * 1938  -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, Norwegian politician
 * -, American singer
 * 1942  -, English actor and writer, host of
 * -, American actor
 * -, English footballer
 * 1946  -, French vulcanologist (d. )
 * 1946  -, American  (d. )
 * -, English singer and songwriter
 * -, American actress
 * -, Colombian mathematician
 * -, Greek journalist and TV presenter
 * -, French chef and
 * 1955  -, American baseball player
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American college baseball coach
 * 1958  -, Taiwanese politician and television commentator
 * 1958  -, Swedish politician
 * -, Hong Kong actress
 * 1960  -, British saxophonist
 * 1960  -, Australian actor
 * 1960  -, American actor
 * -, American actor, comedian, and writer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1964  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1964  -, Panamanian jockey
 * -, American actress
 * 1965  -, American basketball player and coach
 * 1965  -, Bulgarian high jumper
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1966  -, Canadian guitarist
 * 1966  -, German supermodel
 * 1966  -, Irish footballer
 * -, American media artist
 * 1967  -, American figure skater
 * 1967  - , American Comedian
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1969  -, English singer, songwriter, and actress
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1975  -, British singer
 * -, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * 1976  -, South Korean actor, TV personality, and singer
 * 1976  -, American rapper
 * 1976  -, Ukrainian boxer
 * 1976  -, Hong Kong singer/actress
 * -, South Korean singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1979  -, American supermodel
 * -, Hong Kong actress, 2005 2nd runner-up
 * -, American race car driver
 * 1982  -, American actor and model
 * 1982  -, n  and
 * 1982  -, Costa Rican footballer
 * -,  contestant
 * -, Japanese figure skater
 * -, American actress/singer

Deaths

 * - (died before taking office)
 * - (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, Spanish poet (b. )
 * -, French Franciscan explorer
 * -, humanist and encyclopedist (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. )
 * -, German composer
 * -, Italian poet (b. )
 * -, English naturalist (b. )
 * -, British architect
 * -, Irish harper and composer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, Greek composer of the Olympic Anthem (b. )
 * -, Danish mathematician (b. )
 * -, American educator (b. )
 * -, Scottish surgeon (b. )
 * -, American diplomat (b. )
 * -, French poet, laureate (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, German-born director and writer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * 1969  -, British bandleader & entertainer (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * 1975  -, Argentine racing driver (b. )
 * -, French literary critic and writer (b. )
 * 1980  -, American psychiatrist (b. )


 * 1980  -, Czech conductor (b. )
 * 1980  -, American poet (b. )
 * -, American dancer, teacher, and choreographer (b. )
 * -, French Catholic prelate (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. )
 * -, American sociologist (b. )
 * 1995  -, Croatian basketball player (b. )
 * 1995  -, Dutch race track designer (b. )
 * -, British radio personality (b. )
 * -, Australian lawyer (b. )
 * -, American baseball manager (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )


 * -, English football commentator (b. )
 * -, American TV/film producer and writer (b. )
 * -, Spanish singer and actress (b. )
 * 2006  -, American film director (b. )
 * 2006  -, American singer and television personality (b. )
 * -, 14th (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * In, March 25 is typically celebrated as the day of the so long as it does not fall on a Sunday or during  or Easter Week.
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Annunciation of the Theotokos (Mother of God)
 * This Feast is always celebrated on March 25 in the Eastern Church, as it is the beginning of God's plan of salvation through Christ being announced to the world.
 * Traditional date of the death (circa ), of (b. circa 1 BC in traditional dating).
 * Historic start of the new year () in, , , and until the adoption of the  in . (The year  began on ; the year  began on .)
 * As the day falls close to the, similar to the way falls near the December , both days are regarded as one of the  to Christians in the.
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Liturgical feasts

 * - this date is nine months before, and is based on the traditional date in of a  -  of the  and conception of.
 * One of the four in the.
 * , the 'Good Thief'