Historical Events In November - 25

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

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

1864  Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails on November - 25.  

1865  On November - 25 heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies  

1867  On this day in history alfred Nobel invents dynamite  

1867  On this day in history alfred Nobel patents dynamite  

1871  On this day in history cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel)  

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  On November - 25 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  

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 this day in history.  

1878  Georg Kaiser, writer on this day in history.  

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

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

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  The first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park on this day in history.  

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

1886  On November - 25 percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks)  

1887  Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1895  On November - 25 anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet  

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  On November - 25 spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy  

1899  Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1901  Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1902  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)  

1501  On November - 25 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  On November - 25 birth of lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)  

1577  On this day in history birth of piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)  

1638  Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705) was born on November - 25.  

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 November - 25 mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies  

1034  On November - 25 death of king Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)  

1120  Death of Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns on November - 25.  

1185  Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies on this day in history.  

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  Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle on November - 25.