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In 1917, The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
March 25 in History
1917 — The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811
March 25 spans 54 recorded events across recorded history, from 410 to 2018. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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Historical Events
54 events
410 – 2018
Today in history
More major events on March 25
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 1965 Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Source
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there. Source
- 1979 The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch. Source
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The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia, commonly known as the Georgian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Georgia, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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It is Georgia's dominant religious institution, and a majority of Georgian people are members. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
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The Orthodox Church of Georgia is one of the oldest churches in the world. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.
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It asserts apostolic foundation, and that its historical roots can be traced to the early and late Christianization of Iberia and Colchis by Andrew the Apostle in the 1st century AD and by Saint Nino in the 4th century AD, respectively. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
410
The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.
Xianbei-led Chinese dynastic state (398–410)
421
Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
City in Veneto, Italy
708
Election of Pope Constantine following the death of Pope Sisinnius.
He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
717
Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter a monastery, allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.
Byzantine emperor from 715 to 717
919
Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.
Byzantine emperor from 920 to 944
1000
Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
Calendar year
1065
The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
1221
Coronation of Robert of Courtenay as Emperor of the Latin Empire.
Latin Emperor from 1221 to 1228
1306
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329
1409
The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.
1409 ecumenical council of the Catholic Church
1410
The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
Emperor of China from 1402 to 1424
1519
Hernán Cortés, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians.
Spanish conquistador and explorer (1485–1547)
1576
Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
Former 16th century theatre in London
1584
Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
English statesman and explorer (1552–1618)
1655
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
Sixth planet from the Sun
1708
A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
Headland and most eastern point of Fife, Scotland
1725
Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.
Cantatas by J. S. Bach that are based on a single hymn
1770
Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule
Greek shipbuilder and shipowner
1776
American Revolutionary War: American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.
1775–1783 conflict in North America
1802
The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
1802 Treaty during the War of the Second Coalition
1807
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
First passenger railway system in the world
1811
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
English poet (1792–1822)
1821
Greek War of Independence: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence.
The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
1845
New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
Land component of the New Zealand Defence Force
1865
American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
1878
Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
Swiss anarchist newspaper (1872–1878)
1894
Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1894 protest march on Washington, DC
1905
1911
In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
1911 factory fire in New York City
1911
Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.
Capital and largest city of Ukraine
1914
The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.
Multisports club in Greece
1918
The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
Short-lived state in Eastern Europe (1918–1919)
1919
The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust.
1924
On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
Greek rebellion against the Ottoman Empire (1821–1829)
1931
The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
1931 false conviction in the US
1932
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.
Symbolic tomb memorializing unidentified fallen Greek soldiers
1941
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941
1947
An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
Fatal coal mine explosion in Wamac, Illinois
1948
The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Weather warning indicating imminent danger of tornadoes
1949
More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
Wealthy independent farmer in the Russian Empire and early Soviet Union
1957
United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
US federal law enforcement agency
1957
The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
Regional organisation from 1958 to 1993
1959
Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025).
Island in California
1965
Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr.
successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1971
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
Defunct South Vietnamese ground forces
1975
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975
1979
The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F.
Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1988
The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
1988 anti-government mass protests in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
1995
WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
First user-editable website (launched 1995)
1996
The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
Supranational political and economic union
2006
Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2006 mass shooting in Seattle, Washington, US
2006
Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police.
Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
2018
Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria