Historical Events In November - 25

1862  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee on this day in history.   

1864  On November - 25 confederate plot to burn NYC, fails   

1865  Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1867  On November - 25 alfred Nobel invents dynamite   

1867  Alfred Nobel patents dynamite on November - 25.   

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

1874  On this day in history 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  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 on November - 25.   

1877  On November - 25 harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic   

1878  Georg Kaiser, writer on November - 25.   

1880  On November - 25 leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf   

1881  John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63) on this day in history.   

1883  On November - 25 percy Marmont, London England, actor (Capt Apache)   

1883  On this day in history ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76   

1884  John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk on November - 25.   

1885  The first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park on November - 25.   

1885  On this day in history alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27   

1886  Percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71   

1894  Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis on this day in history.   

1895  Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68   

1896  On November - 25 virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)   

1897  Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy on this day in history.   

1899  On November - 25 battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers   

1899  Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73   

1900  Arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust) on November - 25.   

1901  On this day in history tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy)   

1901  On November - 25 josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62   

1902  On November - 25 franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna   

1902  Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins (#2), hall of famer on November - 25.   

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

1501  Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

1507  Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium) was born on November - 25.   

1562  Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.   

1638  Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1697  Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood) was born on November - 25.   

1703  Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.   

0311  Death of Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr on this day in history.   

0992  On November - 25 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  Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies on November - 25.   

1326  On November - 25 death of prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)   

1374  On this day in history death of philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)   

1456  On this day in history jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle