25 April 1560

A Monday in history

Weekday

Monday

Season

Spring (N. Hemisphere)

Century

16th century

Records

387

  1. 2026

    Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country.

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  2. 2015

    Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.

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  3. 2014

    A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to contamination.

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  4. 2012

    Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water.

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  5. 1990

    Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.

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  6. 1986

    Mswati III (pictured) was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.

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  7. 1983

    The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.

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  8. 1982

    British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces in the Falklands War.

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  9. 1964

    109 individuals were arrested in a police raid on a gay bar near Chicago.

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  10. 1960

    The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.

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  11. 1955

    Following restoration at the British Museum, the Emesa Helmet was placed on display there (pictured) before its return to Syria.

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  12. 1946

    Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured.

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  13. 1932

    Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictured).

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  14. 1920

    At the San Remo conference, the principal Allies of World War I passed a resolution allocating League of Nations mandates for the administration of former Ottoman territories in the Middle East.

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  15. 1920

    A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, London.

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  16. 1916

    The first issue of Irish War News was published in Ireland.

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  17. 1915

    First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire.

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  18. 1792

    French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise", now the national anthem of France.

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  19. 1644

    Ming–Qing transition: The Ming dynasty of China fell when the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

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  20. 1643

    First English Civil War: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army near Okehampton, Devon, at the Battle of Sourton Down.

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  21. 799

    Pope Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as described in the epic Karolus magnus et Leo papa.

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  22. 775

    The Abbasid army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the Battle of Bagrevand.

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