📅 Today in HistoryMarch 25

The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty.

Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.

Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.

Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty.

Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.

Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.

The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.

Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).

The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism.

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.