About March 25

March 25, 2024 is the 85th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 310 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 25

  • 804 –
    The Sukabumi inscription, oldest known inscription written entirely in Old Javanese.
  • 1199 –
    Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
  • 1306 –
    Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.
  • 1409 –
    The Council of Pisa opens.
  • 1584 –
    Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
  • 1634 –
    The first settlers arrive in Maryland.
  • 1655 –
    Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
  • 1807 –
    The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world.
  • 1821 –
    (Julian Calendar) Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually began since 23 February 1821. The date was chosen in the early years of the Greek state so that it falls on the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, strengthening the ties between the Greek Orthodox Church and the newly-found state.
  • 1865 –
    American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
  • 1917 –
    The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • 1918 –
    The Belarusian People’s Republic is established.
  • 1924 –
    On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • 1931 –
    The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
  • 1941 –
    The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
  • 1943 –
    Start of the American amphibious landings in the Philippines a turning point in the Pacific War.
  • 1948 –
    The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
  • 1996 –
    An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.
  • 1996 –
    The European Union’s Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
  • 2006 –
    Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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