Historical Events In November - 25

1862  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer on November - 25.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee   

1864  On November - 25 confederate plot to burn NYC, fails   

1865  Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies on November - 25.   

1867  Alfred Nobel invents dynamite on November - 25.   

1867  On this day in history alfred Nobel patents dynamite   

1871  Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel) on this day in history.   

1874  On November - 25 the United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.   

1875  On this day in history financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway   

1876  Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River on this day in history.   

1877  Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic on this day in history.   

1878  Georg Kaiser, writer on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf   

1881  John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63) on November - 25.   

1883  Percy Marmont, London England, actor (Capt Apache) on this day in history.   

1883  On November - 25 ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76   

1884  John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk on this day in history.   

1885  The first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park on November - 25.   

1885  On this day in history alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27   

1886  Percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks) on this day in history.   

1887  Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1894  Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet   

1895  Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)   

1897  Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy on this day in history.   

1899  Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers on November - 25.   

1899  Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) on this day in history.   

1899  Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 on November - 25.   

1900  Arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust) on this day in history.   

1901  On November - 25 tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy)   

1901  Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62 on November - 25.   

1902  On November - 25 franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna   

1902  On November - 25 eddie Shore, Boston Bruins (#2), hall of famer   

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1454  On November - 25 birth of catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)   

1501  On November - 25 birth of yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)   

1507  Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium) was born on November - 25.   

1562  Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On November - 25 birth of piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)   

1638  Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history birth of gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)   

1703  Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.   

0311  On this day in history death of peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr   

0992  Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies on November - 25.   

1034  Death of King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980) on November - 25.   

1120  Death of Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns on November - 25.   

1185  Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies on November - 25.   

1326  On November - 25 death of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)   

1374  On November - 25 death of philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)   

1456  On this day in history jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle