Historical Events In April - 25

1684  Patent granted for thimble on this day in history.  

1690  Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer on April - 25.  

1690  David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 on April - 25.  

1707  Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese on this day in history.  

1707  Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese on this day in history.  

1710  James Ferguson, astronomer on April - 25.  

1719  Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" on this day in history.  

1723  On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer  

1728  On this day in history john Woodward, geologist/physician, dies  

1730  On April - 25 fedele Fenaroli, composer  

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1744  Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 on April - 25.  

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

1769  On April - 25 mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor  

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

1792  On April - 25 guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman  

1792  On April - 25 guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier  

1792  John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement) on this day in history.  

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

1800  On April - 25 william Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68  

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

1818  On this day in history marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer  

1822  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter  

1825  On April - 25 charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones  

1828  On this day in history john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64  

1829  On April - 25 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.  

1837  William Charles Levey, composer on this day in history.  

1840  On April - 25 james Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865  

1841  On April - 25 pauline Lucca, soprano  

1842  On this day in history antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)  

1845  On this day in history thomas Duncan, painter, dies  

1846  On this day in history thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.  

1848  On April - 25 a Graham discovers asteroid #9 Metis  

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  On this day in history birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)  

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

1228  Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) was born on April - 25.  

1228  Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254) was born on April - 25.  

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

1287  Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.  

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

1567  Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born on this day in history.  

0068  Death of Saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa on April - 25.  

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

1265  On this day in history death of roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader  

1295  On this day in history sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies  

1342  On April - 25 benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies  

1472  On April - 25 leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies  

1482  On this day in history margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies  

1516  On this day in history death of john Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)