Page 3: Historical Events In January - 25

1841  On January - 25 john Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet   

1844  Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative on this day in history.   

1844  Frederick E Kitziger, composer on this day in history.   

1848  Last convict ship to Port Phillip in Victoria, the Marion, disembarks passengers on this day in history.   

1851  Sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) on January - 25.   

1851  Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) on this day in history.   

1851  On January - 25 arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

1854  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow on January - 25.   

1855  On January - 25 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

1856  Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers &Indians on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians   

1858  On January - 25 mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia   

1858  On this day in history mendelssohn's Wedding March is performed for the first time in public, as the daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria marries the Prussian Crown Prince.   

1858  Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia on this day in history.   

1858  Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer on this day in history.   

1860  Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Kinston NC on January - 25.   

1863  On this day in history general Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac   

1863  Battle of Kinston, NC on January - 25.   

1865  On January - 25 the CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia   

1865  On January - 25 cSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia   

1868  On January - 25 senufe, Abyssinia, Canadian soldier Alexander Dunn killed when his hunting rifle accidentally went off; born at York, Upper Canada Sept. 15, 1833; first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross, for bravery as a lieutenant in the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Hussars at the 1854 charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava   

1870  On this day in history soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows   

1874  Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop on this day in history.   

1875  Anti-slavery society formed in NY on January - 25.   

1875  Anti-slavery society forms (NY) on January - 25.   

1875  Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden   

1878  On this day in history turkish steamer becomes the first ship to be sunk by a torpedo, fired from a Russian boat   

1879  On this day in history the Bulgarian National Bank is founded.   

1880  On January - 25 francis George Scott, composer   

1881  Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company on January - 25.   

1881  Emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man) on January - 25.   

1882  Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms on January - 25.   

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1037  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.   

1477  On this day in history birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII   

1509  Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" was born on January - 25.   

1540  On this day in history birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)   

1615  Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) was born on this day in history.   

1626  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on January - 25.   

1627  On January - 25 birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)   

1634  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on this day in history.   

0477  Death of Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans on this day in history.   

0844  Death of Pope Gregory IV on January - 25.   

1067  Death of Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) on this day in history.   

1138  On this day in history anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies   

1139  On this day in history godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies   

1366  On this day in history death of henry Suso, German mystic   

1431  On January - 25 death of charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)   

1494  Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies on this day in history.