Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 25

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March 25: Independence Day in Greece (1821), Feast of the Annunciation in Western Christianity.

• 1306 - Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland at Scone Palace (pictured) in Perth.
• 1634 - The English colony of Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore and a group of Catholic settlers.
• 1655 - Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of the planet Saturn.
• 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys were arrested and charged with rape.
• 1957 - West Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, France and Belgium signed the Treaty of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community.

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