Historical Events In October - 25
Monday, 23 February 2026
0304 Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies 

0625 Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0625 Boniface V, Italian Pope (619-25), dies. 

1047 Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies. 

1131 Crowning of Louis VII the Young, King of France 

1147 Battle at Doryleum: Arabs beat Koenraad III's crusaders. 

1154 Stefanus van Blois, king of England (1135-54), dies. 

1241 Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV (-Nov 10 1241) 

1315 Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on Liverpool Castle 

1360 Louis, founder of house of Anjou. 

1400 Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London. 

1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeats the armored knight. 

1415 Henry V's 'Longbowmen' defeat French Knights at the Battle of Agincourt 

1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight 

1415 Anton van Bourgondie, French son of Philip the Stout/duke, dies at 31. 

1492 Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas) 

1495 John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies. 

1510 René/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII. 

1510 Il Giorgione, [Giorgio del Castelfranco], Italian painter, dies at 32 

1521 Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam. 

1528 Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/soldier/politician 

1555 Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan 

1576 Thomas Weelkes, composer 

1577 Pope Gregory XIII asks renewal of ecclesiastical hymns 

1596 Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland 

1604 Claude de la Tremoille, French duke of Thouars/huguenot, dies. 

1616 VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia 

1621 Gov Bradford of US colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day. 

1651 Limerick, Ireland, surrenders to British after lengthy siege 

1662 Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for Stg400000 little did he know of the importance Dunkirk would have in WWII. 

1666 Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Neth form anti-French Quadruple Alliance 

1671 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn. 

1676 Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64 

1692 Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain 

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