Page 2: Historical Events In April - 25

1684  Patent granted for thimble on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer   

1690  David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1707  Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese on April - 25.   

1707  On April - 25 battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese   

1710  James Ferguson, astronomer on this day in history.   

1719  Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" on April - 25.   

1723  On April - 25 giovanni Marco Rutini, composer   

1728  John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on April - 25.   

1730  On April - 25 fedele Fenaroli, composer   

1744  Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1747  Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand on this day in history.   

1769  Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier   

1792  On April - 25 guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman   

1792  Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier on April - 25.   

1792  John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement) on April - 25.   

1792  On this day in history johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54   

1800  On April - 25 william Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68   

1808  On April - 25 alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66   

1818  On this day in history marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer   

1822  On April - 25 frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83   

1824  On this day in history gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter   

1825  On this day in history charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones   

1828  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1829  Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

1837  On April - 25 william Charles Levey, composer   

1840  James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history pauline Lucca, soprano   

1842  Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila) on April - 25.   

1845  On this day in history thomas Duncan, painter, dies   

1846  On this day in history thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.   

1848  A Graham discovers asteroid #9 Metis on April - 25.   

1849  On April - 25 the Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.   

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0032  On this day in history birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1214  On April - 25 birth of louis IX, King of France (1226-70)   

1228  Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) was born on this day in history.   

1228  On April - 25 birth of conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)   

1284  Edward II, King of England (1307-27) was born on April - 25.   

1287  Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on April - 25.   

1502  On April - 25 birth of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)   

1567  On April - 25 birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer   

0068  Death of Saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa on April - 25.   

0974  On this day in history ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84   

1265  On this day in history death of roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader   

1295  Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.   

1342  On April - 25 benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies   

1472  On April - 25 leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies   

1482  On April - 25 margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies   

1516  Death of John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467) on this day in history.