Page 2: Historical Events In April - 25

1684  Patent granted for thimble on April - 25.   

1690  On April - 25 gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer   

1690  On April - 25 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 April - 25 battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese   

1710  James Ferguson, astronomer on this day in history.   

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

1723  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer on this day in history.   

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

1730  On this day in history fedele Fenaroli, composer   

1744  Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1747  Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand on April - 25.   

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

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

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

1792  Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier on April - 25.   

1792  John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement) on April - 25.   

1792  Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 April - 25 marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer   

1822  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on April - 25.   

1824  Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter on this day in history.   

1825  Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones on this day in history.   

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

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 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 April - 25.   

1845  On April - 25 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  A Graham discovers asteroid #9 Metis on April - 25.   

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 April - 25 birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

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

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

1228  Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254) was born on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history birth of edward II, King of England (1307-27)   

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

1502  On April - 25 birth of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)   

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  Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on this day in history.   

1472  Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies on April - 25.   

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

1516  Death of John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467) on this day in history.