Historical Events In November - 25

1862  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer on November - 25.   

1863  Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee on November - 25.   

1864  On this day in history confederate plot to burn NYC, fails   

1865  Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies on November - 25.   

1867  On November - 25 alfred Nobel invents dynamite   

1867  On this day in history alfred Nobel patents dynamite   

1871  Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel) on this day in history.   

1874  On November - 25 the United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.   

1875  Financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway on this day in history.   

1876  On November - 25 indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.   

1877  Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic on November - 25.   

1878  On November - 25 georg Kaiser, writer   

1880  Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf on this day in history.   

1881  On November - 25 john XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)   

1883  Percy Marmont, London England, actor (Capt Apache) on November - 25.   

1883  On November - 25 ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76   

1884  John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk on this day in history.   

1885  On November - 25 the first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park   

1885  Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27 on November - 25.   

1886  On this day in history percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks)   

1887  On November - 25 johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71   

1894  On November - 25 greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis   

1895  Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet on November - 25.   

1895  On November - 25 edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68   

1896  On this day in history virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)   

1897  Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy on November - 25.   

1899  On this day in history battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers   

1899  On this day in history vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)   

1899  Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 on November - 25.   

1900  On this day in history arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust)   

1901  Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy) on November - 25.   

1901  On this day in history josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62   

1902  Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna on November - 25.   

1902  On November - 25 eddie Shore, Boston Bruins (#2), hall of famer   

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1454  On November - 25 birth of catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)   

1501  On this day in history birth of yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)   

1507  On this day in history birth of joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)   

1562  Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia) was born on November - 25.   

1577  Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629) was born on November - 25.   

1638  On this day in history birth of catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)   

1697  Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood) was born on this day in history.   

1703  Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) was born on November - 25.   

0311  On November - 25 death of peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr   

0992  On this day in history mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies   

1034  Death of King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980) on this day in history.   

1120  Death of Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns on this day in history.   

1185  On November - 25 lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies   

1326  Death of Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264) on November - 25.   

1374  Death of Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329) on November - 25.   

1456  Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle on this day in history.