Page 3: Historical Events In January - 25

1841  John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  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 this day in history giuseppi Radiciotti, composer   

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

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  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  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 January - 25.   

1875  On this day in history anti-slavery society forms (NY)   

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

1877  On January - 25 congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden   

1878  Turkish steamer becomes the first ship to be sunk by a torpedo, fired from a Russian boat on this day in history.   

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

1880  On January - 25 francis George Scott, composer   

1881  Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company on January - 25.   

1881  On this day in history 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  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on January - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1067  On this day in history death of emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)   

1138  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.