This Day in History
Today: June 25, 2026
524
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
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.
1258
War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
1530
At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1658
Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1678
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
1741
Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
1786
Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1788
Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1848
A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
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