Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 25
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October 25: Republic Day in Kazakhstan (1990); Retrocession Day in Taiwan; Armed Forces Day in Romania.
- 1147 - Reconquista: Forces under King Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege during the Second Crusade.
- 1415 - Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeated the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt (pictured) on Saint Crispin's Day.
- 1616 - The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on the western coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate.
- 1922 - The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State.
- 1971 - The People's Republic of China replaced the Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations.
Recent days: October 24 – October 23 – October 22
