1153
Siege of Ascalon
Siege · Middle East
On this day
25 January
253 events in the atlas are dated to 25 January, from 750 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 253 events
- 750 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1348
1348 Friuli earthquake
Natural disaster · Europe
1573
Battle of Mikatagahara
Battle · East Asia
1990
Avianca Flight 052
Accident · North America
2011
2011 Egyptian revolution
Protest · North Africa
2020
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
Epidemic · Oceania
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 16 events- 1573Battle of MikatagaharaBattle · East Asia
- 1554Founding of São PauloFounding · South America
- 1782Battle of Saint KittsBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1681Founding of PitogoFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1644Battle of NantwichBattle · Europe
- 1683Great Fire of TennaEvent · East Asia
- 1641Founding of Segarcea-ValeFounding · Europe
- 1614Founding of ObedinFounding · Europe
- 1797Action of 25 January 1797Battle · Europe
- 1542Founding of PietrariFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 18 events- 1819Founding of University of VirginiaFounding · North America
- 18491849 Guam earthquakeNatural disaster
- 1802Fall of Cisalpine RepublicCollapse · Europe
- 1807Battle of MohrungenBattle · Europe
- 1897Founding of LonquimayFounding · South America
- 1887Siege of SaatiBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1860Treaty of MapasingueTreaty · South America
- 1895Construction of Shiraichi StationConstruction · East Asia
- 1898Construction of Saruda StationConstruction · East Asia
- 18461846 N. Moluccas Islands earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 120 events- 1990Avianca Flight 052Accident · North America
- 19991999 Armenia, Colombia earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 19981998 Temple of the Tooth attackAttack · South Asia
- 19711971 Ugandan coup d'étatPolitical · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19391939 Chillan earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 19071907 German federal electionElection · Europe
- 1905Battle of SandepuBattle · East Asia
- 1995Norwegian rocket incidentEvent · Europe
- 1990Burns' Day stormEvent
- 19931993 shootings at CIA HeadquartersAttack · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 93 events- 20112011 Egyptian revolutionProtest · North Africa
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in AustraliaEpidemic · Oceania
- 2010Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409Event · Middle East
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in MalaysiaEpidemic · Southeast Asia
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in CanadaEpidemic · North America
- 2019Brumadinho dam disasterAccident · South America
- 2011Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)Event · North Africa · 2011 – 2014
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in OceaniaEpidemic · Oceania
- 2012Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen ThistedEvent · North Africa
- 20082008 Chinese winter stormsEvent · East Asia
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.