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On June 25, 524: The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

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The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

The Franks were a northern European group of peoples who first appeared in the third century AD as a new name for the Germanic tribes living near the lower stretches of the Rhine River military border of the Roman Empire, and later became a multilingual, Catholic Christian group of peoples, who inhabited several post-Roman kingdoms both inside and outside the former empire. In a broader sense, much of the population of medieval western Europe could eventually be described as Franks in some contexts.

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Born on June 25

Kylie Cantrall 2005– American actress and singer (born 2005)
Benson Boone 2002– American singer-songwriter (born 2002)
Philip Broberg 2001– Swedish ice hockey player (born 2001)
Kyle Chalmers 1998– Australian swimmer (born 1998)
Pietro Fittipaldi 1996– Brazilian and American racing driver (born 1996)
Andi Eigenmann 1990– Filipino actress and model (born 1990)
Jhonas Enroth 1988– Swedish ice hockey player (born 1988)
Miguel Layún 1988– Mexican footballer (born 1988)
Therese Johaug 1988– Norwegian cross-country skier
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Aya Matsuura 1986– Japanese actress and pop singer (born 1986)
Karim Matmour 1985– Algerian footballer (born 1985)
Marc Janko 1983– Austrian footballer
Rain 1982– South Korean singer and actor (born 1982)
Mikhail Youzhny 1982– Russian tennis player & coach (born 1982)
Simon Ammann 1981– Swiss ski jumper (born 1981)
Richard Hughes 1979– Scottish footballer (born 1979)
Busy Philipps 1979– American actress, singer and comedian
Aramis Ramírez 1978– Dominican baseball player (born 1978)

People

Died on June 25

Sika Anoa‘i American Samoan professional wrestler (1945–2024)
Bill Cobbs American actor (1934–2024)
Simon Crean Australian politician (1949–2023)
Adam Small South African writer (1936–2016)
Patrick Macnee British-American actor (1922–2015)
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni Head of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 to 2015
Nigel Calder British science writer
Ana María Matute Spanish author
Ivan Plyushch Ukrainian politician (1941–2014)
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George Burditt American television writer and producer
Catherine Gibson Scottish swimmer (1931–2013)
Robert E. Gilka American photojournalist
Harry Parker American rower and rowing coach (1935–2013)
Mildred Ladner Thompson American journalist, writer and columnist
Green Wix Unthank American judge
Shigemitsu Dandō Japanese legal scholar (1913–2012)
Campbell Gillies Scottish National Hunt jockey
George Randolph Hearst American businessman (1927–2012)

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Every June 25 on record

  1. 524 The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

    Germanic people from the Lower Rhine

    The Franks were a northern European group of peoples who first appeared in the third century AD as a new name for the Germanic tribes living near the lower stretches of the Rhine River military border of the Roman Empire, and later became a multilingual, Catholic Christian group of peoples, who inhabited several post-Roman kingdoms both inside and outside the former empire. In a broader sense, much of the population of medieval western Europe could eventually be described as Franks in some contexts.

  2. 841 In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.

    Battle of the Carolingian Civil War

    The three-year Carolingian Civil War culminated in the decisive Battle of Fontenoy, also called the Battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye, fought at Fontenoy, near Auxerre, on 25 June 841. The war was fought to decide the territorial inheritances of Charlemagne's grandsons—the division of the Carolingian Empire among the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious. Despite Louis' provisions for succession, war broke out between his sons and nephews.

  3. 1258 War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.

    1256–1270 Venetian-Genoese war over Acre

    The War of Saint Sabas (1256–1270) was a conflict between the rival Italian maritime republics of Genoa and Venice over control of Acre, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

  4. 1401 Schaffhausen massacre: 30 Jews were executed, following torture, after being accused of a blood libel in Schaffhausen (in present-day Switzerland).

    The Schaffhausen massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Schaffhausen, in present-day Switzerland, which occurred in 1401. An episode of antisemitism had already occurred in Schaffhausen 52 years prior, when the local Jews were accused of well poisoning and burned alive on 22 February 1349. On this occasion, the Jews were accused of the murder of a four-year-old boy, Konrad Lori from Diessenhofen.

  5. 1530 At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.

    Meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire which were held in Augsburg

    The diets of Augsburg were the meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held in the German city of Augsburg. Both an Imperial City and the residence of the Augsburg prince-bishops, the town had hosted the Estates in many such sessions since the 10th century. In 1282, the diet of Augsburg assigned the control of Austria to the House of Habsburg.

  6. 1658 Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
  7. 1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
  8. 1741 Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
  9. 1786 Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
  10. 1788 Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  11. 1848 A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
  12. 1876 American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
  13. 1900 The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  14. 1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
  15. 1910 The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
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  1. 1910 Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
  2. 1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  3. 1935 Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
  4. 1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
  5. 1940 World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
  6. 1941 World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
  7. 1943 The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
  8. 1943 The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
  9. 1944 World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
  10. 1944 World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
  11. 1944 The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
  12. 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  13. 1948 The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.
  14. 1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
  15. 1960 Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.

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