25 March in history

6 events that happened on 25 March, from 1306 to 1957.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    1306 CE 720 years ago

    Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scots at Scone

    Weeks after killing his rival John Comyn, Bruce was crowned in defiance of Edward I. Defeated and hunted that year, he fought back to win at Bannockburn in 1314.

  2. 1655 CE 371 years ago

    Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan

    Using a telescope he had built with his brother, Huygens found Saturn's largest moon. Titan is now known to have a thick atmosphere and lakes of liquid methane.

  3. 1807 CE 219 years ago

    Britain abolishes the slave trade

    The Slave Trade Act received royal assent, banning British participation in the Atlantic slave trade. Slavery itself continued in British colonies until the Abolition Act of 1833.

  4. 1821 CE 205 years ago

    Traditional start of the Greek War of Independence

    Tradition holds that Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the banner of revolt on this day. After years of war and great-power intervention, Greece became independent in 1830.

    Ottoman EmpireGreek War of IndependenceBishopGreece

  5. 1911 CE 115 years ago

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 in New York

    Fire swept through a garment factory near Washington Square, and locked doors trapped workers, mostly young immigrant women. The disaster led to new fire safety and labour laws.

    New York

  6. 1957 CE 69 years ago

    Treaty of Rome signed

    France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed treaties creating the European Economic Community and Euratom. The EEC grew into today's European Union.

    European UnionBelgium

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