June 25 524 The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
June 25 841 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.
June 25 1258 War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
June 25 1658 Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
June 25 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
June 25 1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
June 25 1923 Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
June 25 1940 World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
June 25 1944 World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
June 25 1944
World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard
Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg..
June 25 1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
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July 19 711 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roder...
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