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This is a list of selected April 25 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

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James D. Watson

James D. Watson
DNA replicating
The double helix structure of DNA
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Dedication of New Zealand's National War Memorial
New Zealand troops landing at Gallipoli
Violeta Chamorro

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Feast day of Mark the Evangelist (Christianity);	refimprove section
Flag Day in the Faroe Islands	refimprove
; Freedom Day in Portugal (1974)	see below
Elbe Day in Russia and the United States (1945)	refimprove
1719 – Robinson Crusoe, a novel by English author Daniel Defoe about a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, was first published.	refimprove section
1792 – French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise", now the national anthem of France.	refimprove sections
1829 – Swan River Colony	Save for May 2
1846 – Mexican–American War: Mexican forces defeated American troops over the disputed border of Texas, later serving as the primary justification for the U.S. Congress's declaration of war on Mexico.	single source
1849 – After Lord Elgin, the Governor General of Canada, signed the Rebellion Losses Bill into law to compensate the residents of Lower Canada for losses incurred in Rebellions of 1837, protestors rioted and burned down the Parliament buildings in Montreal.	refimprove section
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate troops overwhelmed a small Union detachment, leading to Union abandonment of their position in Camden, Arkansas.	refimprove section
1898 – The United States retroactively declared war on Spain, stating that a state of war between the two countries had already existed for the past couple of days.	unreferenced section
1953 – "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids" by molecular biologists James Watson and Francis Crick was first published in the scientific journal Nature, describing the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.	refimprove section
1959 – Linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened to shipping.	refimprove section
1974 – The song "Grândola, Vila Morena" by Zeca Afonso was broadcast on radio, signalling the start of the Carnation Revolution, a bloodless coup against the Estado Novo regime in Portugal.	refimprove section
1986 – Mswati III was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.	refimprove section
2005 – A commuter train came off its tracks in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan, and rammed into an apartment building, killing the driver and 106 passengers and injuring 555 others.	refimprove
Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand (1915);	Section tagged for balance
* 1792 – The French highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by guillotine.	Date not cited in article

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775 – The Abbasid army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the Battle of Bagrevand.
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.
1644 – Ming–Qing transition: The Ming dynasty of China fell when the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
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.
1920 – A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest at poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, London.
1932 – Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictured).
1946 – Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured.
1964 – 109 individuals were arrested in a police raid on a gay bar near Chicago.
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.
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.
Born/died: | Géza I of Hungary |d|1077| Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester |d|1264| Anders Celsius |d|1744| Edward II of England |b|1284| Emer de Vattel |b|1714| Charles Sumner Tainter |b|1854| Guy Bradley |b|1870| Kojo Tovalou Houénou |b|1887| Henri Duveyrier |d|1892| Joel Brand |b|1906| Thomas A. Spragens |b|1917| Henck Arron |b|1936| Al Pacino |b|1940| You Si-kun |b|1948| Dinesh D'Souza |b|1961| John McFall |b|1981| Stefanie Zweig |d|2014| John Havlicek |d|2019

April 25: Liberation Day in Italy (1945)

USS Triton

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.
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.
1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
1983 – The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.
2015 – Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.

Naresuan (d. 1605)
Georg Sverdrup (b. 1770)
Emmeline B. Wells (d. 1921)

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+| '''[[Elbe Day]]''' in Russia and the United States ([[1945]])
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 |[[1719]] – '''''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''''', a novel by English author [[Daniel Defoe]] about a [[castaway]] who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, was first published.
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 | [[1792]] – French composer [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]] wrote "'''[[La Marseillaise]]'''"<!-- ''(audio featured)''-->, now the [[national anthem]] of France.
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 |[[1829]] – '''[[Swan River Colony]]'''
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+|[[1846]] – [[Mexican–American War]]: Mexican forces '''[[Thornton Affair|defeated]]''' American troops over the disputed border of Texas, later serving as the primary justification for the [[Declaration of war by the United States|U.S. Congress's declaration of war]] on Mexico.
-| [[1920]] – At the '''[[San Remo conference]]''', the principal [[Allies of World War I|Allied Powers of World War&nbsp;I]] decided upon the [[League of Nations mandate]]s for administration of the former [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]-ruled lands of the [[Middle East]].
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+| [[1849]] – After [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin]], the [[Governor General of Canada]], signed the [[Rebellion Losses Bill]]<!--not bold, unreferenced section--> into law to compensate the residents of [[Lower Canada]] for losses incurred in [[Rebellions of 1837]], protestors rioted and '''[[Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal|burned down the Parliament buildings]]''' in [[Montreal]].
-|[[1974]] – The song "[[Grândola, Vila Morena]]" by [[Zeca Afonso]] was broadcast on radio, signalling the start of the '''[[Carnation Revolution]]''', a bloodless ''coup'' against the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|''Estado Novo'' regime]] in Portugal.
+| refimprove section
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+| [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States Army|Confederate troops]] '''[[Battle of Marks' Mills|overwhelmed]]''' a small [[Union Army|Union]] detachment, leading to Union abandonment of their position in [[Camden, Arkansas]].
-| [[2005]] – A [[Regional rail|commuter train]] came off its [[Track (rail transport)|tracks]] in [[Amagasaki]], [[Hyōgo]], Japan, and '''[[Amagasaki rail crash|rammed into an apartment building]]''', killing the driver and 106 passengers and injuring 555 others.
+| refimprove section
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+|[[1898]] – The United States retroactively '''[[Spanish–American War|declared war on Spain]]''', stating that a state of war between the two countries had already existed for the past couple of days.
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+| [[1953]] – "'''[[Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid|Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids]]'''" by [[molecular biology|molecular biologists]] [[James Watson]] and [[Francis Crick]] was first published in the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', describing the discovery of the [[double helix]] structure of [[DNA]].
+| refimprove section
+|-
+| [[1959]] – Linking the North American [[Great Lakes]] and the Atlantic Ocean, the '''[[St. Lawrence Seaway]]''' officially opened to shipping.
+| refimprove section
+|-
+|[[1974]] – The song "[[Grândola, Vila Morena]]" by [[Zeca Afonso]] was broadcast on radio, signalling the start of the '''[[Carnation Revolution]]''', a bloodless coup against the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|''Estado Novo'' regime]] in Portugal.
+| refimprove section
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+| [[1986]] – '''[[Mswati III|{{Nowrap|Mswati III}}]]''' was crowned [[King of Swaziland]], succeeding his father [[Sobhuza II|{{Nowrap|Sobhuza II}}]].
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+| [[2005]] – A [[Regional rail|commuter train]] came off its [[Track (rail transport)|tracks]] in [[Amagasaki]], [[Hyōgo]], Japan, and '''[[Amagasaki derailment|rammed into an apartment building]]''', killing the driver and 106 passengers and injuring 555 others.
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+|'''[[Anzac Day]]''' in Australia and New Zealand ([[1915]]);
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+|* [[1792]] – The French [[highwayman]] '''[[Nicolas Jacques Pelletier]]''' became the first person to be executed by [[guillotine]]<!--not bold, refimprove--><!-- ''(example pictured)''-->.
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+* [[775]] – The [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the '''[[Battle of Bagrevand]]'''.
-* [[1792]] – The '''[[guillotine]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''--> was first used to carry out [[capital punishment]] in France, with crowds marvelling at the machine's speed and precision.
+* [[799]] – '''[[Pope Leo III|Pope Leo&nbsp;III]]''' was attacked by partisans of his predecessor [[Pope Adrian I|Adrian&nbsp;I]], but was rescued and taken to [[Charlemagne]], as described in the epic '''''[[Karolus magnus et Leo papa]]'''''.
-* [[1846]] – '''[[Thornton Affair|An open conflict]]''' between the military forces of the United States and Mexico began over the disputed border of [[Texas]] north of the [[Rio Grande]] and south of the [[Nueces River]], later serving as a primary justification for [[Mexican–American War]].
+* [[1644]] – [[Transition from Ming to Qing|Ming–Qing transition]]: The '''[[Ming dynasty]]''' of China fell when the [[Chongzhen Emperor]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> committed suicide during [[Late Ming peasant rebellions|a peasant rebellion]] led by [[Li Zicheng]].
-* [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States Army|Confederate troops]] '''[[Battle of Marks' Mills|overwhelmed]]''' a small [[Union Army|Union]] detachment, leading to Union abandonment of their position in [[Camden, Arkansas]].
+* [[1920]] – At the '''[[San Remo conference]]''', the principal [[Allies of World War I|Allies of World War&nbsp;I]] passed a resolution allocating [[League of Nations mandate]]s for the administration of former [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] territories in the Middle East.
-* [[1898]] – The United States retroactively '''[[Spanish–American War|declared war on Spain]]''', stating that a state of war between the two countries had already existed for the past couple of days.
+* [[1920]] – '''[[1920 blind march|A march by blind people]]''' from across the United Kingdom to protest at poor working conditions ended at [[Trafalgar Square]], London.
-* [[1953]] – "'''[[Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid|Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids]]'''" by molecular biologists [[James Watson]]  and [[Francis Crick]] was first published in the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', describing the discovery of the [[double helix]] structure of [[DNA]].
+* [[1932]] – '''[[Gladys Elinor Watkins]]''' consecrated the [[carillon]] of the [[National War Memorial (New Zealand)|National War Memorial]] in [[Wellington]], New Zealand ''(dedication pictured)''.
-* [[1959]] – Linking the North American [[Great Lakes]] and the Atlantic Ocean, the '''[[Saint Lawrence Seaway]]''' officially opened to shipping.
+* [[1946]] – '''[[Naperville train disaster|Two passenger trains collided]]''' in [[Naperville, Illinois]], leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured.
-* [[1960]] – The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] submarine '''{{USS|Triton|SSRN-586}}'''<!--[[USS Triton (SSRN-586)]]--> completed the '''[[Operation Sandblast|first submerged circumnavigation of the globe]]'''.
-* [[1986]] – '''[[Mswati III]]''' was crowned [[King of Swaziland]], succeeding his father [[Sobhuza&nbsp;II]].
+* [[1964]] – 109 individuals were arrested in '''[[Fun Lounge police raid|a police raid]]''' on a [[gay bar]] near [[Chicago]].
+* [[1982]] – British prime minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] told journalists in [[Downing Street]] to "'''[[Rejoice (Margaret Thatcher)|rejoice]]'''" upon hearing news of the '''[[Operation Paraquet|successful recapture of South Georgia]]''' from Argentine forces in the [[Falklands War]].
+* [[1990]] – '''[[Violeta Chamorro]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> took office as [[President of Nicaragua]], becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.
+* Born/died: | '''[[Géza I of Hungary|Géza&nbsp;I of Hungary]]'''<!--Hungarian king--> |d|1077| '''[[Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester]]'''<!--Scottish noble--> |d|1264| '''[[Anders Celsius]]'''<!--Swedish astronomer--> |d|1744| '''[[Edward II of England]]'''<!--English king--> |b|1284| '''[[Emer de Vattel]]'''<!--Swiss lawyer--> |b|1714| '''[[Charles Sumner Tainter]]'''<!--American inventor--> |b|1854| '''[[Guy Bradley]]'''<!--American game warden--> |b|1870| '''[[Kojo Tovalou Houénou]]'''<!--Beninese intellectual--> |b|1887| '''[[Henri Duveyrier]]'''<!--French explorer--> |d|1892| '''[[Joel Brand]]'''<!--Hungarian rescue worker--> |b|1906|  '''[[Thomas A. Spragens]]'''<!--American academic administrator--> |b|1917|  '''[[Henck Arron]]'''<!--Surinamese prime minister--> |b|1936| '''[[Al Pacino]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1940| '''[[You Si-kun]]'''<!--Taiwanese premier--> |b|1948| '''[[Dinesh D'Souza]]'''<!--American political commentator, male--> |b|1961| '''[[John McFall (athlete)|John McFall]]'''<!--British athlete--> |b|1981| '''[[Stefanie Zweig]]'''<!--German writer--> |d|2014| '''[[John Havlicek]]'''<!--American basketball player--> |d|2019
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-'''[[April 25]]''': [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Mark the Evangelist]]''' (Christianity); '''[[Anzac Day]]''' in Australia and New Zealand ([[1915]]); '''[[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]]''' in Italy; '''[[Elbe Day]]''' in Russia and the United States ([[1945]])
+'''[[April 25]]''': <!--'''[[Palm Sunday]]''' / ; refimprove--><!--'''[[Holy Week]]''' begins (Eastern Christianity, 2021); citations needed-->'''[[Liberation Day (Italy)|Liberation Day]]''' in Italy ([[1945]])
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+* [[1643]] – [[First English Civil War]]: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] force under [[James Chudleigh]] defeated a [[Cavalier|Royalist]] army near [[Okehampton]], Devon, at the '''[[Battle of Sourton Down]]'''.
-[[File:New Zealand troops first setting foot at Gallipoli taken by Joseph McBride.jpg|New Zealand troops landing at Gallipoli|100x100px]]
+* [[1915]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: The [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]] '''[[Landing at Anzac Cove|landed at Anzac Cove]]''' while British and French troops '''[[Landing at Cape Helles|landed at Cape Helles]]''' to begin '''[[Gallipoli campaign|the Allied invasion]]''' of the [[Gallipoli]] peninsula in the [[Ottoman Empire]].
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+* [[1960]] – The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] submarine '''[[USS Triton (SSRN-586)|''Triton'']]''' ''(pictured)'' completed '''[[Operation Sandblast|the first submerged circumnavigation of the world]]'''.
-* [[1644]] – The '''[[Ming dynasty]]''' of China fell when the [[Chongzhen Emperor]]<!--not bolded, missing citations--> committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by [[Li Zicheng]].
+* [[1983]] – The first issue of '''''[[The Jakarta Post]]''''' was published in Indonesia.
-* [[1849]] – After [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin]], the [[Governor General of Canada]], signed the '''[[Rebellion Losses Bill]]''' into law to compensate the residents of [[Lower Canada]] for losses incurred in [[Rebellions of 1837]], protestors rioted and '''[[Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal|burned down the Parliament building]]''' in [[Montreal]].
+* [[2015]] – Nepal was struck by '''[[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|a magnitude-7.8 earthquake]]''', killing more than 8,000 people.
-* [[1915]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]] '''[[Landing at Anzac Cove|landed at Anzac Cove]]''' ''(pictured)'' while British and French troops [[Landing at Cape Helles|landed at Cape Helles]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> to begin the '''[[Gallipoli Campaign|Allied invasion]]''' of the [[Gallipoli]] peninsula in the [[Ottoman Empire]].
+{{Born and died list| '''[[Naresuan]]'''<!--Thai king--> |d|1605| '''[[Georg Sverdrup]]'''<!--Norwegian statesman--> |b|1770| '''[[Emmeline B. Wells]]'''<!--American journalist--> |d|1921}}
-* [[1945]] – German troops retreated from northern Finland, bringing the '''[[Lapland War]]''' to a close.
-* [[1990]] – '''[[Violeta Chamorro]]''' took office as the [[President of Nicaragua]], the first woman elected in her own right as a head of state in the Americas.
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