August 25 1537 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.*
August 25 1580 War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.*
August 25 1630 Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.*
August 25 1758 Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.*
August 25 1814 War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.*
August 25 1830 The Belgian Revolution begins.*
August 25 1914 World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.*
August 25 1920 Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.*
August 25 1939 The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.*
August 25 1940 World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.*
August 25 1942 World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.*
August 25 1944 World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.*
August 25 1991 The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).*
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