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The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.

On May 25, in the year 1914, The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of May 25, one of 445 recorded events on this date across all of history.

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on May 25, 1914 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 3 Wikipedia articles.
  • The event is associated with a specific geographical location (see map below).
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 16 May 2026.

On This Date in History 445

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2024 May 25 Grayson Murray, American professional golfer (born 1993)
Notable Deaths 2024 May 25 Albert S
Notable Deaths 2024 May 25 Richard M
Notable Deaths 2024 May 25 Johnny Wactor, American actor (born 1986)
Notable Deaths 2022 May 25 Morton L
Notable Deaths 2021 May 25 John Warner, American attorney and politician (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2021 May 25 Lois Ehlert, American author and illustrator (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2020 May 25 George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)
Selected Events 2020 May 25 George Floyd, a black American man, was murdered (memorial pictured) during an arrest by a white police officer in Minne
Notable Deaths 2019 May 25 Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (born 1926)
Historical Events 2018 May 25 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union
Historical Events 2018 May 25 Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choos
Notable Deaths 2018 May 25 Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician and Veera Vanniyar caste leader (born 1961)
Notable Deaths 2015 May 25 George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2015 May 25 Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 25 David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 25 Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 25 Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 25 Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (born 1913)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 25 Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 25 Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (born 1954)
Historical Events 2013 May 25 Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congres
Notable Deaths 2013 May 25 Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 25 Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (born 1953)
Selected Events 2013 May 25 Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in th
Historical Events 2012 May 25 The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International
Notable Deaths 2012 May 25 William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 25 Peter D
Notable Deaths 2012 May 25 Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)
Selected Events 2012 May 25 In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International
Historical Events 2011 May 25 Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show
Notable Deaths 2011 May 25 Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1944)
Selected Events 2011 May 25 The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated daytime talk show in U
Notable Deaths 2010 May 25 Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (born 1959)
Notable Deaths 2010 May 25 Michael H
Notable Deaths 2010 May 25 Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2010 May 25 Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2010 May 25 Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (born 1965)
Historical Events 2009 May 25 North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, buildi
Notable Deaths 2009 May 25 Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (born 1905)
Selected Events 2009 May 25 North Korea conducted a nuclear test and several other missile tests that were widely condemned internationally and led
Historical Events 2008 May 25 NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and
Notable Deaths 2008 May 25 J
Notable Deaths 2008 May 25 Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2007 May 25 Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2007 May 25 Uładzimir Katkoŭski, Belarusian blogger, web designer and website creator (born 1976)
Notable Deaths 2005 May 25 Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2005 May 25 Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2005 May 25 Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2005 May 25 Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (born 1936)

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