September 25 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1840  Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier.   

1844  Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international.   

1846  US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico.   

1849  Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45   

1852  Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18)   

1857  Relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram begins.   

1858  Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist.   

1860  Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer, dies at 60.   

1861  Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves   

1862  Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee.   

1862  Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer (Variations Symphoniques).   

1866  (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing.   

1866  Thomas Hunt Morgan, US, biologist (Nobel-1933).   

1867  Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Wash DC.   

1868  The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski shipwrecks off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia   

1871  Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies.   

1872  Charles Blake Cochran, impresario.   

1876  A Glabbrenner, writer, dies at 66   

1877  Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28).   

1879  Luis da Costa, composer.   

1882  1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester)   

1884  Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, Dutch educationalist   

1886  Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London   

1886  Jesus Guridi, composer.   

1887  May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904).   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (BG)   

1888  Royal Court Theatre, London, opens.   

1889  George Douglas Howard Cole, socialist/novelist.   

1890  Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif)   

1890  Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG)   

1896  Elsa Triolet, writer   

1897  1st British bus service opens   

1897  Teddy Hart, NYC, actor (3 Men on a Horse)   

1902  Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche).   

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1358  Ashikaga yoshimitsu: Japanese shogun   

1525  Steven borough: English explorer   

1593  Matthew merian: The elder, engraver/bookseller   

1599  Francesco borromini: Italian architect   

1612  Mark zuesius boxhorn: Dutch historian   

1644  Ole rømer: Danish astronomer   

1683  Jean-philippe rameau: Dijon france, composer (traite) (baptized)   

1711  Qianlong emperor of china: Qianlong emperor of china (d. 1799)   

0813  Death of Al-amin: Arabic kalief of islam (809-813), murdered   

1066  Death of Harald iii hardrada: King of norway (1047-66),   

1086  Death of William viii: Duke of aquitaine (b. 1025)   

1333  Prince morikuni: Japanese shogun (b. 1301)   

1392  Sergius van radonesj: Russian saint,   

1396  Jean de vienne: French admiral/crusader,   

1496  Piero capponi: Italian soldier and statesman (b. 1447)   

1501  Dzore drzic: Croatish poet,