Page 2: Historical Events In May - 25
Saturday, 30 August 2025
1767 Ferdinand Franzl, composer on this day in history.
1768 On May - 25 explorer Captain Cook sets sail on his first voyage
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 May - 25 constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding
1787 On this day in history constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding
1793 On this day in history father Stephen Theodore Badin is first US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1793 On May - 25 father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1803 On May - 25 the birth of Ralph W. Emerson, American poet
1803 On May - 25 ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1810 On May - 25 argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
1810 On May - 25 argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
1812 Earthquake destroys Caracas Venezuela on May - 25.
1818 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian on May - 25.
1821 Diederich Krug, composer on May - 25.
1825 On this day in history american Unitarian Association founded
1825 On this day in history american Unitarian Assn founded
1826 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.
1830 On May - 25 jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
1837 On this day in history the Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.
1839 John Eliot, English meteorologist on May - 25.
1844 On this day in history 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1845 On May - 25 william Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
1847 On May - 25 alphonse Goovaerts, composer
1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 on this day in history.
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 the writ
1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ on May - 25.
1862 On May - 25 battle of Winchester VA
1862 On this day in history johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60
1864 On this day in history 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 May - 25.
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