Page 2: Historical Events In April - 25

1684  On this day in history patent granted for thimble   

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  On this day in history battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese   

1707  Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history james Ferguson, astronomer   

1719  On April - 25 daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"   

1723  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer on this day in history.   

1728  John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history fedele Fenaroli, composer   

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

1747  On April - 25 prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand   

1769  Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor on April - 25.   

1792  Guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier on this day in history.   

1792  Guillotine used for the first time in France on a highwayman on April - 25.   

1792  Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier on this day in history.   

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

1792  On April - 25 johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54   

1800  On this day in history william Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68   

1808  Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66 on April - 25.   

1818  Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer on April - 25.   

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

1824  On April - 25 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 April - 25.   

1837  On this day in history william Charles Levey, composer   

1840  James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on April - 25.   

1841  On April - 25 pauline Lucca, soprano   

1842  Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila) on this day in history.   

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

1846  On April - 25 thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.   

1848  A Graham discovers asteroid #9 Metis on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history 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 April - 25 birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1214  Louis IX, King of France (1226-70) was born on April - 25.   

1228  On April - 25 birth of koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)   

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

1284  On this day in history birth of edward II, King of England (1307-27)   

1287  On April - 25 birth of roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)   

1502  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0974  On April - 25 ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84   

1265  Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on April - 25.   

1295  Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies on April - 25.   

1342  Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies   

1482  Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies on this day in history.   

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