Page 2: Historical Events In April - 25

1684  Patent granted for thimble on this day in history.   

1690  On April - 25 gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer   

1690  David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1707  Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese on April - 25.   

1707  Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese on April - 25.   

1710  On April - 25 james Ferguson, astronomer   

1719  Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" on April - 25.   

1723  On April - 25 giovanni Marco Rutini, composer   

1728  John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on this day in history.   

1730  Fedele Fenaroli, composer on this day in history.   

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  On April - 25 guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier   

1792  Guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier   

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

1808  On April - 25 alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66   

1818  On this day in history marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer   

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

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

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

1828  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 on April - 25.   

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

1841  On this day in history pauline Lucca, soprano   

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

1845  Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1214  Louis IX, King of France (1226-70) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1284  Edward II, King of England (1307-27) was born on this day in history.   

1287  On this day in history birth of roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)   

1502  On this day in history birth of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)   

1567  On this day in history birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer   

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

0974  On this day in history ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84   

1265  On April - 25 death of roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader   

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

1342  Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on April - 25.   

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

1482  Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies on this day in history.   

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