Page 2: Historical Events In April - 25

1684  Patent granted for thimble on April - 25.   

1690  On this day in history gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer   

1690  On April - 25 david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79   

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

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

1710  On April - 25 james Ferguson, astronomer   

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

1723  On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer   

1728  On April - 25 john Woodward, geologist/physician, dies   

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 April - 25.   

1769  On April - 25 mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor   

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

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

1792  On April - 25 guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier   

1792  On this day in history john Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)   

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

1818  Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer on April - 25.   

1822  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1824  Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter on this day in history.   

1825  On April - 25 charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones   

1828  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 on April - 25.   

1829  On April - 25 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.   

1837  On April - 25 william Charles Levey, composer   

1840  On April - 25 james Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

1841  Pauline Lucca, soprano on April - 25.   

1842  On April - 25 antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)   

1845  Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 April - 25 birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1214  Louis IX, King of France (1226-70) was born on this day in history.   

1228  On this day in history birth of koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)   

1228  On this day in history birth of conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)   

1284  Edward II, King of England (1307-27) was born on this day in history.   

1287  Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1342  On this day in history benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies   

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

1482  On this day in history margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies   

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