Chongzhen Emperor Commits Suicide Ending The Ming Dynasty

On April 25, 1644

The Chongzhen Emperor died by suicide during a peasant rebellion.

Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor, was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

This Day in History - April 25

1990

The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.

1931

Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.

1846

The Thornton Affair, a skirmish between American and Mexican soldiers in Texas, started a chain of events that led to the Mexican-American War.

1990

Nicaragua elected its first-ever female President, Violeta Chamorro.

404 BC

The Peloponnesian war came to an end when Admiral Lysander and his Spartan armies defeated their Athenian foes.

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