Page 3: Historical Events In January - 25

1841  On January - 25 john Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet   

1844  Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative on January - 25.   

1844  Frederick E Kitziger, composer on this day in history.   

1848  Last convict ship to Port Phillip in Victoria, the Marion, disembarks passengers on January - 25.   

1851  Sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) on this day in history.   

1851  Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) on January - 25.   

1851  Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) on January - 25.   

1854  On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow   

1855  Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1856  Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers &Indians on this day in history.   

1856  Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians on January - 25.   

1858  On this day in history mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia   

1858  Mendelssohn's Wedding March is performed for the first time in public, as the daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria marries the Prussian Crown Prince on January - 25.   

1858  On this day in history mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia   

1858  Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)   

1863  On January - 25 battle of Kinston NC   

1863  General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac on this day in history.   

1863  On January - 25 battle of Kinston, NC   

1865  The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia on this day in history.   

1865  On January - 25 cSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia   

1868  Senufe, Abyssinia, Canadian soldier Alexander Dunn killed when his hunting rifle accidentally went off; born at York, Upper Canada Sept. 15, 1833; first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross, for bravery as a lieutenant in the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Hussars at the 1854 charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on this day in history.   

1870  Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows on this day in history.   

1874  On January - 25 hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop   

1875  On January - 25 anti-slavery society formed in NY   

1875  On January - 25 anti-slavery society forms (NY)   

1875  Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1877  Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden on this day in history.   

1878  Turkish steamer becomes the first ship to be sunk by a torpedo, fired from a Russian boat on January - 25.   

1879  On this day in history the Bulgarian National Bank is founded.   

1880  On January - 25 francis George Scott, composer   

1881  Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company on this day in history.   

1881  Emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man) on this day in history.   

1882  Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms on January - 25.   

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1037  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.   

1477  On this day in history birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII   

1509  On this day in history birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"   

1540  Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born on January - 25.   

1615  Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) was born on January - 25.   

1626  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on this day in history.   

1627  Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) was born on January - 25.   

1634  On January - 25 birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)   

0477  On January - 25 death of geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans   

0844  On January - 25 death of pope Gregory IV   

1067  Death of Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) on this day in history.   

1138  Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies on January - 25.   

1139  On this day in history godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies   

1366  On this day in history death of henry Suso, German mystic   

1431  On this day in history death of charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)   

1494  Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies on January - 25.