Historical Events In March - 25

1807  On March - 25 slave trade in England abolished by the British Parliament   

1807  1st railway passenger service began in England on March - 25.   

1808  On March - 25 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes)   

1811  Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism on March - 25.   

1813  USS Essex takes Neryeda, first capture by U.S. Navy in Pacific on this day in history.   

1813  On March - 25 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex   

1814  Netherlands Bank established on this day in history.   

1817  Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians on this day in history.   

1818  Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1820  Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack on March - 25.   

1820  Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope (in Rome) on March - 25.   

1821  On this day in history greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)   

1823  William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 on March - 25.   

1823  Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1825  On March - 25 rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63   

1830  Julius Caesar, cricketer (prominent batsman for Surrey) on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history friederike Blum, writer, dies   

1839  William Bell Wait, US, educated the blind on this day in history.   

1847  Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer," premieres in Munich   

1852  Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73 on March - 25.   

1856  On this day in history a E Burnside patents Burnside carbine   

1857  On this day in history frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse   

1857  Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse on this day in history.   

1863  Skirmish at Brentwood TN on March - 25.   

1863  The first Army Medal of Honor awarded on this day in history.   

1863  1st Army Medal of Honor awarded on March - 25.   

1864  On March - 25 battle of Paducah KY (Forrest's raid)   

1864  On this day in history battle of Paducah, KY (Forrest's raid)   

1865  On this day in history battle of Bluff Spring FL   

1865  On this day in history first Queensland Divorce Act is passed.   

1865  SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400 on March - 25.   

1865  On March - 25 battle of Bluff Spring, FL   

1867  The birth of Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor on March - 25.   

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1133  On this day in history birth of henry II, King of England (1154-89)   

1252  Konradijn Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV was born on March - 25.   

1252  On March - 25 birth of conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)   

1259  Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332) was born on March - 25.   

1297  Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341) was born on March - 25.   

1297  On this day in history birth of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)   

1345  On this day in history birth of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)   

1347  On this day in history birth of catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)   

1223  Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36 on March - 25.   

1345  On March - 25 death of henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)   

1458  Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies on March - 25.   

1510  Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49 on March - 25.   

1558  On this day in history death of marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer   

1561  Death of Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518) on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history death of ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)   

1609  On this day in history death of olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)