Page 3: Historical Events In January - 25

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

1844  On January - 25 recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative   

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

1848  On this day in history last convict ship to Port Phillip in Victoria, the Marion, disembarks passengers.   

1851  On this day in history sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)   

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 January - 25 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  On January - 25 battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians   

1858  On January - 25 mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia   

1858  On January - 25 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.   

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 January - 25.   

1860  On January - 25 charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)   

1863  On this day in history battle of Kinston NC   

1863  On January - 25 general Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac   

1863  Battle of Kinston, NC on this day in history.   

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

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

1868  On this day in history 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   

1870  On January - 25 soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows   

1874  On this day in history 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  On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

1877  On this day in history congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden   

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

1879  The Bulgarian National Bank is founded on this day in history.   

1880  Francis George Scott, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]   

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

1509  Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

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

1615  On January - 25 birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)   

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

1627  On January - 25 birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)   

1634  On this day in history birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)   

0477  On this day in history death of geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans   

0844  Death of Pope Gregory IV on this day in history.   

1067  On January - 25 death of emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)   

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  Death of Henry Suso, German mystic on this day in history.   

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

1494  On January - 25 ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies