Historical Events In November - 25

1862  On this day in history ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer   

1863  Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee on this day in history.   

1864  On November - 25 confederate plot to burn NYC, fails   

1865  Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies on November - 25.   

1867  Alfred Nobel invents dynamite on November - 25.   

1867  On November - 25 alfred Nobel patents dynamite   

1871  Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel) on November - 25.   

1874  The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873 on November - 25.   

1875  Financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway on November - 25.   

1876  Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River on November - 25.   

1877  On this day in history harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic   

1878  On November - 25 georg Kaiser, writer   

1880  Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf on November - 25.   

1881  John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63) on November - 25.   

1883  Percy Marmont, London England, actor (Capt Apache) on this day in history.   

1883  Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1884  John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk on this day in history.   

1885  The first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park on this day in history.   

1885  Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1886  Percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks) on this day in history.   

1887  On November - 25 johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71   

1894  On this day in history greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis   

1895  On this day in history anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet   

1895  On November - 25 edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68   

1896  On this day in history virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)   

1897  On this day in history spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy   

1899  Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers on November - 25.   

1899  Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) on November - 25.   

1899  Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust)   

1901  Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62   

1902  Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna on November - 25.   

1902  On this day in history eddie Shore, Boston Bruins (#2), hall of famer   

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1454  Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

1507  Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium) was born on November - 25.   

1562  On November - 25 birth of lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)   

1577  Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629) was born on November - 25.   

1638  Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705) was born on November - 25.   

1697  Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood) was born on November - 25.   

1703  Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) was born on November - 25.   

0311  Death of Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr on November - 25.   

0992  Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies on November - 25.   

1034  Death of King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980) on this day in history.   

1120  On November - 25 death of countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns   

1185  Lucius III, [Ubaldo Allucingoli], Italian Pope (1181-85), dies on November - 25.   

1326  Death of Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264) on this day in history.   

1374  On this day in history death of philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329)   

1456  Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle on November - 25.