Historical Events In January - 25

1841  On this day in history 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  On January - 25 frederick E Kitziger, composer   

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

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

1851  On January - 25 sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)   

1851  On this day in history arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

1854  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow on January - 25.   

1855  On January - 25 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

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

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

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

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

1858  Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer on January - 25.   

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

1863  On this day in history battle of Kinston NC   

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

1863  Battle of Kinston, NC on January - 25.   

1865  On this day in history the CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia   

1865  CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia on January - 25.   

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  On this day in history soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows   

1874  On this day in history hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop   

1875  Anti-slavery society formed in NY on January - 25.   

1875  Anti-slavery society forms (NY) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

1877  Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden on January - 25.   

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

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 January - 25.   

1881  On January - 25 emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man)   

1882  Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms on this day in history.   

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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  On January - 25 birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"   

1540  On this day in history birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)   

1615  On this day in history 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 January - 25 birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)   

0477  Death of Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans on this day in history.   

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  Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies on January - 25.   

1366  On January - 25 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 this day in history.