WHAT HAPPENED ON 25. NOVEMBER
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Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. (25. November 571. BC)

Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. Donnchad, the son of his daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. (25. November 1034)

The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. (25. November 1120)

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. (25. November 1177)

A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places. (25. November 1343)

Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. (25. November 1487)

The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins. (25. November 1491)

A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. (25. November 1667)

King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. (25. November 1755)

French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh. (25. November 1758)

An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000. (25. November 1759)

American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. (25. November 1783)

Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. (25. November 1795)

The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. (25. November 1826)

A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. (25. November 1833)

A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster. (25. November 1839)

American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge – At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg. (25. November 1863)

American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. (25. November 1864)

The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. (25. November 1874)

American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River. (25. November 1876)