Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 25
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October 25: Republic Day in Kazakhstan; Taiwan Retrocession Day in the Republic of China
- 1415: Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armored infantry and archers defeated the heavily armored French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt (pictured).
- 1854: Charge of the Light Brigade: Lord Cardigan led his cavalry to disaster in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.
- 1944: The Battle of Leyte Gulf sealed the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
- 1971: People's Republic of China replaced the Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations.
- 1983: Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and Caribbean allies invaded Grenada, six days after Bernard Coard seized power in a violent coup d'état.
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