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October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 67 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 285 or 286 ...
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The unit was redesignated as heavy cavalry and was sent to the Crimean War in 1853, taking part in the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. This photograph shows Private Michael McNamara, of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and was part of a commissioned set of photographs taken at Aldershot for Queen Victoria in 1856.
October 25 Terence MacSwiney 1415 – Hundred Years' War : The army of Henry V of England , consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day .
The second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval encounter fought on 25 October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession.A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line commanded by Rear-Admiral Edward Hawke (depicted) intercepted a French convoy of 250 merchant ships protected by eight ships of the line commanded by Vice Admiral Henri-François des Herbiers.
On 25 October 1944, Johnston and various other ships were engaged by a large Imperial Japanese Navy flotilla, in what became known as the Battle off Samar. After engaging several Japanese capital ships and a destroyer squadron, Johnston was sunk with 187 dead.
October 25: Constitution Day in Lithuania; Retrocession Day in the Republic of China (Taiwan); Armed Forces Day in Romania 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange , the stock exchange with the most mining and petrochemical companies listed in the world, was established.
Saint Crispin's Day, or the Feast of Saint Crispin, falls on 25 October and is the feast day of the Christian saints Crispin and Crispinian, twins who were martyred c. 286. [1] They are both the patron saints of cobblers, leather workers, tanners, saddlers and glove, lace and shoemakers (among other professions).