Page 3: Historical Events In January - 25

1841  On this day in history john Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet   

1844  On this day in history recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative   

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 January - 25.   

1851  On January - 25 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 January - 25.   

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

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

1858  On January - 25 giuseppi Radiciotti, composer   

1860  On January - 25 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 January - 25.   

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

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  Anti-slavery society formed in NY on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1880  On January - 25 francis George Scott, composer   

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

1881  On this day in history 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  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.   

1477  On January - 25 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  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  Death of Pope Gregory IV on this day in history.   

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

1138  On January - 25 anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies   

1139  Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies on this day in history.   

1366  On January - 25 death of henry Suso, German mystic   

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

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