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  On this day in history heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies  

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 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  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.  

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

1878  Georg Kaiser, writer on November - 25.  

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

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

1884  On November - 25 john B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk  

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 this day in history.  

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  Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis on November - 25.  

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

1895  Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68 on November - 25.  

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

1899  On November - 25 vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)  

1899  On November - 25 robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73  

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

1901  On November - 25 tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy)  

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

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1454  Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510) was born on November - 25.  

1501  Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570) was born on November - 25.  

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 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 November - 25.  

1703  On November - 25 birth of jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)  

0311  Death of Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr on November - 25.  

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

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

1120  On this day in history death of countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns  

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  On November - 25 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