- 1415 25 Oct Henry V's outnumbered English army defeats the 'flower of French chivalry' at the Battle of Agincourt.
- 1854 25 Oct A British attack into the Russian guns at Balaclava is immortalised as the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'.
- 1944 25 Oct In the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japan uses 'kamikaze' pilots for the first time, sinking the USS 'St Lo'.
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