November 25: Evacuation Day in New York (1783)
Yukio Mishima
- 1120 – William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, drowned in the White Ship Disaster, leading to eighteen years of civil war, a period later known as the Anarchy.
- 1491 – Reconquista: The Granada War was effectively brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between Castile-Aragon and the Emirate of Granada.
- 1795 – Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last King of Poland, was forced to abdicate after the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1936 – Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing that if the Soviet Union attacked one of them, they would consult each other on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests".
- 1970 – Failing to instigate a military coup to restore the powers of the Emperor of Japan, author Yukio Mishima (pictured) publicly committed the ritual suicide seppuku.
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