WHAT HAPPENED ON 25. APRIL
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Peloponnesian War: Lysander's Spartan Armies defeated the Athenians and the war ends. (25. April 404. BC)

The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and flee to the Byzantine Empire. (25. April 775)

The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094. (25. April 1134)

Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. (25. April 1607)

The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng. (25. April 1644)

The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. (25. April 1707)

Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine. (25. April 1792)

La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. (25. April 1792)

The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepts the suzerainty of the Russian Empire (25. April 1804)

Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom. (25. April 1829)

Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War. (25. April 1846)

The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness. (25. April 1847)

The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots. (25. April 1849)

British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal. (25. April 1859)

American Civil War: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana. (25. April 1862)

American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills. (25. April 1864)

Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain. (25. April 1898)

New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. Anzac Beach – Australian and New Zealand forces invade Turkey (25. April 1901)

World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins—The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. (25. April 1915)

Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland. (25. April 1916)

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