Historical Events In May - 25

1767  Ferdinand Franzl, composer on May - 25.  

1768  Explorer Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage on May - 25.  

1779  On May - 25 henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

1781  On this day in history ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)  

1784  On this day in history jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek  

1787  On this day in history constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding  

1787  Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history father Stephen Theodore Badin is first US Roman Catholic priest ordained  

1793  Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained on this day in history.  

1803  The birth of Ralph W. Emerson, American poet on May - 25.  

1803  On May - 25 ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)  

1810  Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day) on this day in history.  

1810  Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day) on this day in history.  

1812  Earthquake destroys Caracas Venezuela on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian  

1821  On May - 25 diederich Krug, composer  

1825  On May - 25 american Unitarian Association founded  

1825  American Unitarian Assn founded on this day in history.  

1826  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.  

1830  On May - 25 jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)  

1837  The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom on this day in history.  

1839  On May - 25 john Eliot, English meteorologist  

1844  1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot on this day in history.  

1845  William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL) on May - 25.  

1847  On May - 25 alphonse Goovaerts, composer  

1849  On May - 25 andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52  

1861  On May - 25 john Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting the writ  

1861  On this day in history john Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ  

1862  Battle of Winchester VA on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60  

1864  On May - 25 battle of New Hope Church GA  

1864  On this day in history battle of New Hope Church, GA  

1865  Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18) on this day in history.  

1868  Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs Surrey Gentlemen on this day in history.  

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1048  On this day in history birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)  

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.  

1458  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)  

1494  On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)  

1550  On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint  

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.  

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.  

0615  On May - 25 boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies  

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on May - 25.  

0946  On May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies  

0967  On this day in history death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)  

0992  On May - 25 death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)  

1085  On this day in history gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies  

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.