Historical Events In April - 25

1684  Patent granted for thimble on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer   

1690  On this day in history david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79   

1707  On this day in history battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese   

1707  On this day in history battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese   

1710  On April - 25 james Ferguson, astronomer   

1719  On this day in history daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"   

1723  On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer   

1728  On April - 25 john Woodward, geologist/physician, dies   

1730  Fedele Fenaroli, composer on April - 25.   

1744  On this day in history anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42   

1747  Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor   

1792  On this day in history guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier   

1792  On this day in history guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman   

1792  Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history john Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)   

1792  On this day in history johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54   

1800  On this day in history william Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68   

1808  Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66 on April - 25.   

1818  Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer on April - 25.   

1822  On this day in history frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83   

1824  On April - 25 gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter   

1825  On this day in history charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones   

1828  On April - 25 john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64   

1829  Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

1837  William Charles Levey, composer on April - 25.   

1840  James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on April - 25.   

1841  Pauline Lucca, soprano on this day in history.   

1842  Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila) on this day in history.   

1845  Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on April - 25.   

1846  Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War on April - 25.   

1848  A Graham discovers asteroid #9 Metis on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history the Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.   

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0032  Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on April - 25.   

1214  On this day in history birth of louis IX, King of France (1226-70)   

1228  On this day in history birth of koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)   

1228  On April - 25 birth of conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)   

1284  On April - 25 birth of edward II, King of England (1307-27)   

1287  On April - 25 birth of roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)   

1502  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On April - 25 birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer   

0068  On April - 25 death of saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa   

0974  Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84 on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on this day in history.   

1295  On April - 25 sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies   

1342  On this day in history benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies   

1472  On this day in history leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies   

1482  On April - 25 margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies   

1516  On April - 25 death of john Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)