This Day in History
Today: May 25, 2026
-567
Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.[1]
-240
First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.[2]
1085
Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.[3]
1420
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.[4]
1521
The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.[5]
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.
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.
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.
1738
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1763
First issue of Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, the first regular Norwegian newspaper (1763–1920).[6]
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