What are the important events that happened on November 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 25 is the 329^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 12, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,400,480 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosaenneagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 84 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,722 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 25 Historical Events

• 1177 –
  Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
• 1758 –
  French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Fort Pitt is built nearby and it grows into modern Pittsburgh.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
• 1876 –
  Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife’s sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
• 1917 –
  German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• 1958 –
  French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
• 1973 –
  George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners’ coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
• 1975 –
  Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
• 1987 –
  Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
• 1999 –
  The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal Sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic.

Who were born on November 25?

• 1870 –
  Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
• 1901 –
  Arthur Liebehenschel, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1948)
• 1915 –
  Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (d. 2006)
• 1922 –
  Gloria Lasso, French-born Spanish singer (d. 2005)
• 1940 –
  Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
• 1947 –
  John Larroquette, American actor
• 1952 –
  Yannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer (d. 2004)
• 1959 –
  Charles Kennedy, British politician
• 1963 –
  Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
• 1988 –
  Jay Spearing, English footballer

Who died on November 25?

• 1326 –
  Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
• 1626 –
  Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
• 1700 –
  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
• 1920 –
  Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1955 –
  Louis Lachenal, French alpinist (b. 1921)
• 1970 –
  Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (b. 1925)
• 1985 –
  Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 1987 –
  Harold Washington, American politician (b. 1922)
• 2010 –
  Alfred Balk, American magazine editor and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2010 –
  Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (b. 1930)