August 25 in History
25 August in History – 80 years ago
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1944: From Africa to Paris
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Ending on 25 August 1905
All Events on 25 August
starts
1982
US-led peacekeeping force in Beirut
ends
1945
Soviets conquer Karafuto (southern Sakhalin)
ends
1944
Allies liberate Paris from Germans
ends
1944
Free French forces enter Paris
ends
1943
US & Allies clear Japanese from New Georgia
ends
1942
US repels Japanese fleet in eastern Solomons
starts
1941
Soviets & British invade and occupy Iran
starts
1941
Allies evacuate Svalbard
ends
1925
France and Belgium evacuate Ruhr
ends
1920
Soviet Russia invades Poland
ends
1914
Germans defeat French incursion & overrun Belgium
ends
1905
Japanese raid Petropavlovsk and Commander Islands
1859
Imam Shamil of Caucasian Imamate surrenders to Russia at Battle of Ghunib
starts
1830
Belgium breaks away from Netherlands
ends
1515
Spanish conquer and settle Cuba
starts
450
Marcian rules Eastern Roman Empire
starts
448
Rechiar of the Suebi invades farther Gallaecia*
438
Aetius defeats Visigoths at Mons Colubrarius*
383
Gratian is captured and killed at Lugdunum
ends
383
Gratian rules Roman West
ends
325
Council of Nicaea pushes for Christian unity
63
Rome and Parthia end war over Armenia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 25 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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