THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 25
August 25 in history
What happened on August 25: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1270, 1920 and 1944, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Siege of Tunis
25 Aug 1270 — Louis IX dies of dysentery in the camp outside Tunis during his second crusade. The strategic reasons for the expedition have never been fully explained. The last great royal crusade ends before it begins.
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— Battle of Warsaw
13–25 Aug 1920 — The Red Army reaches Radzymin, on the edge of Warsaw. Then Piłsudski strikes from the Wieprz river and breaks it apart. Poles call the battle the Miracle on the Vistula; it does more than any decision in Paris to settle where Poland’s eastern border will run.
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Paris is liberated. Against orders, its German commander has declined to burn it; de Gaulle walks down the Champs-Élysées.
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