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On May 25, -567: Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.

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Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.

Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 578 to 535 BC. Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC.

People

Born on May 25

Cam Ward 2002– American football player (born 2002)
Chloé Lukasiak 2001– American actress and dancer (born 2001)
Claire Liu 2000– American tennis player (born 2000)
Brec Bassinger 1999– American actress (born 1999)
Ibrahima Konaté 1999– French footballer (born 1999)
David Pastrňák 1996– Czech ice hockey player (born 1996)
Kagiso Rabada 1995– South African cricketer (born 1995)
Matt Murray 1994– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Aly Raisman 1994– American Olympic gymnast and gold medalist (born 1994)
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James Porter 1993– English cricketer
Norman Powell 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
Bo Dallas 1990– American professional wrestler (born 1990)
Nikita Filatov 1990– Russian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Dávid Škutka 1988– Slovak footballer
Cameron van der Burgh 1988– South African swimmer (born 1988)
Timothy Derijck 1987– Belgian footballer (born 1987)
Yves De Winter 1987– Belgian footballer
Moritz Stehling 1987– German professional footballer (born 1987)

People

Died on May 25

Grayson Murray American professional golfer (1993–2024)
Albert S. Ruddy American film producer and screenwriter (1930–2024)
Richard M. Sherman American songwriter (1928–2024)
Johnny Wactor American actor (1986–2024)
Morton L. Janklow American literary agent (1930–2022)
John Warner American lawyer and politician (1927–2021)
Lois Ehlert American author and illustrator (1934–2021)
George Floyd American man murdered by law enforcement (1973–2020)
Claus von Bülow Danish-British socialite (1926–2019)
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Kaduvetti Guru Former Politician from Tamil Nadu, India
George Braden Canadian politician
Robert Lebel Canadian Catholic bishop
David Allen English cricketer (1935–2014)
Marcel Côté Canadian economist and politician
Wojciech Jaruzelski Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989
Herb Jeffries American jazz singer and actor (1913–2014)
Toaripi Lauti Head of government of Tuvalu from 1975 to 1981
Matthew Saad Muhammad American boxer (1954–2014)

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Every May 25 on record

  1. -567 Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.

    King of Rome from c. 578 to 535 BC

    Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 578 to 535 BC. Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC.

  2. -240 First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

    Either of two extreme points in a celestial object's orbit

    An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides is the line connecting the two extreme values.

  3. 1085 Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.

    King of León (1065–1109), Castile (1072–1109), and Galicia (1071–1109)

    Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was king of León (1065–1109), Galicia (1071–1109), and Castile (1072–1109).

  4. 1420 Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.

    Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)

    Prince Henry of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known in English as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and 15th-century European maritime exploration. He is regarded as the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discovery. Henry was the third child of King John I of Portugal, who founded the House of Aviz.

  5. 1521 The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

    Imperial assembly of the Holy Roman Empire (1521)

    The Diet of Worms of 1521 was an imperial diet of the Holy Roman Empire called by Emperor Charles V and conducted in the Imperial Free City of Worms. Martin Luther was summoned to the diet in order to renounce or reaffirm his views in response to a Papal bull of Pope Leo X. In answer to questioning, he defended the views that had been criticized and refused to recant them.

  6. 1644 Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
  7. 1659 Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
  8. 1660 Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
  9. 1738 A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
  10. 1763 First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763–1920).
  11. 1787 After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
  12. 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
  13. 1809 Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
  14. 1810 May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the Argentine War of Independence.
  15. 1819 The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
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  1. 1833 The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
  2. 1865 In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
  3. 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
  4. 1895 Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
  5. 1895 The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
  6. 1914 The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  7. 1925 Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
  8. 1926 Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
  9. 1933 The Walt Disney Company cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
  10. 1935 Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  11. 1938 Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  12. 1940 World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
  13. 1946 The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King.
  14. 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
  15. 1953 The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.

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