Page 3: Historical Events In January - 25

1841  John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet on January - 25.   

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

1844  On this day in history frederick E Kitziger, composer   

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

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

1851  On this day in history sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)   

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

1854  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

1856  On this day in history battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers &Indians   

1856  On January - 25 battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians   

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  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 January - 25 mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia   

1858  On this day in history giuseppi Radiciotti, composer   

1860  Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) on January - 25.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Kinston NC   

1863  On this day in history general Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac   

1863  Battle of Kinston, NC on January - 25.   

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 January - 25.   

1874  Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history anti-slavery society formed in NY   

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

1875  Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on January - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1879  On January - 25 the Bulgarian National Bank is founded.   

1880  Francis George Scott, composer on January - 25.   

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  On this day in history bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms   

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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  Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)   

1626  On this day in history birth of john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter   

1627  Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1139  Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies on January - 25.   

1366  Death of Henry Suso, German mystic on January - 25.   

1431  Death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) on January - 25.   

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