March 25: The Most Significant Events in History

Discover the most significant events that happened on March 25 throughout history. From major political events to cultural milestones, this video will give you a deeper understanding of this date's significance in history. Tune in to learn more!

31 The first Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
1306 Robert the Bruce crowned Robert I, King of Scots, having killed his rival John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
1584 English explorer Walter Raleigh granted seven-year royal charter by Elizabeth I to explore and colonize North America, after Humphrey Gilbert's death at sea
1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an attempt to find northwest passage to Asia for Dutch East India Company - explores North America instead
1634 Under charter granted to Lord Baltimore and led by his brother Leonard Calvert first settlers found Catholic colony of Maryland
1655 Astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Saturn's largest moon, Titan
1776 Continental Congress authorizes a medal for George Washington
1807 British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
1813 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific by the frigate Essex
1851 Yosemite Valley discovery made public by Major James D. Savage and Captain John Boling after being shown by Indian guides in California
1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse
1863 1st US Army Medal of Honor awarded to six army soldiers by US Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in Washington
1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber
1915 1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, killing 21
1919 Woodrow Wilson's dream of a League of Nations becomes a reality after the League Covenant is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference
1936 200-inch mirror blank to build the Hale telescope leaves Corning New York for California (then largest telescopic mirror ever made)
1954 RCA manufactures the 1st color TV set, featured a 12.5-inch screen and cost $1,000
1960 First guided missile launched from a nuclear powered submarine (USS Halibut)
1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered
1965 Martin Luther King Jr. leads 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama
1966 US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional
1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
1979 Space Shuttle Columbia arrives at Kennedy Space Centre to prepare for its first launch, which would eventually happen in 1981
1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes
1987 The US Supreme Court rules that gender-based workplace affirmative action plans do not constitute discrimination on the basis of sex under the Civil Rights Act 1964
1992 British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839)
2002 TV reality show "The Bachelor" hosted by Chris Harrison debuts on ABC in the US
2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un begins surprise trip to Beijing by train to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping
2019 Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah
2019 NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn't have enough spacesuits to fit women

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