25 October History and Importance of the Day

625 - Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1131 - Crowning of Louis VII the Young, King of France
1147 - Battle at Doryleum: Arabs beat Koenraad III's crusaders

1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
1241 - Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV

1492 - Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
1492 - Christopher Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic

1747 - British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
1760 - George III ascends British throne
1760 - George III becomes King of Great Britain.

1854 - Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die

1861 - Telegraph message sent from St Louis to SF

1870 - Postcards 1st used in US

1893 - Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland:
http://rhodesianheritage.blogspot.in/2012/03/shangani-fight.html

1906 - US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting



1940 - Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army


1944 - Battle at Cape Engano:

1945 - Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek


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