2025 began with Donald Trump’s return to the White House and brought the first American pope, a 12-day war between Israel and Iran, a daring robbery at the Louvre and the reunion of Oasis. Here is what happened in 2025, month by month.
In this year
1January
On 7 January, wildfires driven by fierce winds broke out around Los Angeles. The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed more than 16,000 homes and other buildings and killed around 30 people. On 20 January, Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term as US president.
2February
On 9 February, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX. On 28 February, a meeting in the Oval Office between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance turned into a televised shouting match, and Zelensky left the White House early.
3March
On 21 March, a fire at a nearby electricity substation shut Heathrow Airport for most of the day, disrupting more than 1,000 flights. A week later, on 28 March, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar near Mandalay, killing thousands of people and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok.
4April
On 2 April, which he called “Liberation Day”, Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on goods imported from almost every country, sending stock markets around the world tumbling. On 21 April, Easter Monday, Pope Francis died at the age of 88.
5May
On 8 May, cardinals meeting in the Sistine Chapel elected Robert Prevost from Chicago as Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in the Church’s 2,000-year history. The same week, Britain marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
6June
On 12 June, Air India Flight 171, bound for London Gatwick, crashed moments after taking off from Ahmedabad in India. 241 of the 242 people on board were killed, along with others on the ground; one passenger survived. The next day, Israel launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military sites, starting a 12-day war in which the United States also bombed Iranian nuclear sites before a ceasefire on 24 June.
7July
On 4 July, Oasis played their first concert in almost 16 years in Cardiff, starting a sold-out reunion tour. The next day, Black Sabbath played a farewell show at Villa Park in Birmingham, and on 22 July their singer, Ozzy Osbourne, died at the age of 76. On 27 July, England’s Lionesses kept their European title, beating Spain on penalties in the Euro 2025 final.
8August
On 15 August, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the war in Ukraine, Putin’s first visit to the US in a decade; no ceasefire was agreed. At the end of the month, the Met Office confirmed that summer 2025 had been the UK’s warmest on record.
9September
From 16 to 18 September, Donald Trump made a state visit to Britain, staying at Windsor Castle. He became the first US president to be given two state visits. On 27 September, England won the Women’s Rugby World Cup at Twickenham, beating Canada 33-13 in the final.
10October
On 10 October, a ceasefire began in Gaza under a US-brokered plan, and on 13 October the last 20 living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. On 19 October, thieves used a furniture lift to break into the Louvre in Paris and stole eight pieces of the French crown jewels in under eight minutes.
11November
On 12 November, the longest government shutdown in US history ended after 43 days, during which hundreds of thousands of federal workers went unpaid. In Brazil, world leaders met in Belém, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, for the COP30 climate summit.
12December
On 10 December, Australia became the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from having accounts on social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.
2025 was the year of the…snake!
2025 was the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac, beginning on 29 January 2025. People born in 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025 are Snakes, said to be wise, calm and intuitive. The next Year of the Snake is 2037.
Famous People We Lost in 2025
- David Lynch (Died January 16th, film director)
- Gene Hackman (Died February, actor)
- George Foreman (Died March 21st, boxer)
- Val Kilmer (Died April 1st, actor)
- Pope Francis (Died April 21st, leader of the Catholic Church)
- Brian Wilson (Died June 11th, Beach Boys songwriter)
- Diogo Jota (Died July 3rd, Liverpool footballer)
- Ozzy Osbourne (Died July 22nd, Black Sabbath singer)
- Hulk Hogan (Died July 24th, wrestler)
- Giorgio Armani (Died September 4th, fashion designer)
- Robert Redford (Died September 16th, actor and director)
- Jane Goodall (Died October 1st, chimpanzee expert)
- Diane Keaton (Died October 11th, actor)
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