Historical Events In April - 25
Thursday, 26 March 2026
0068 Saint Mark, the inaugural Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa. 

0974 Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84. 

1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family 

1214 Louis IX, King of France (1226-70). 

1228 Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54). 

1265 Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader. 

1284 Edward II, King of England (1307-27) 

1295 Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies 

1342 Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies. 

1449 Anti-pope Felix V steps down 

1472 Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies 

1482 Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies 

1507 Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America 

1541 -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour. 

1566 Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies. 

1567 Aurelio Signoretti, composer. 

1595 Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 

1599 Oliver Cromwell, English civil war leader and Lord Protector is born 

1599 Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58). 

1604 Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand 

1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet. 

1607 Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle. 

1608 Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general 

1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms. 

1614 Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas 

1626 Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld 

1635 Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69. 

1647 Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62. 

1660 London Convention Parliament begins. 

1663 Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53 

1666 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer. 

1677 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly). 

1678 French troops conquer Ypres. 

1684 Patent granted for the thimble. 

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