|
|
|
01/25/1829
|
William Shield, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
|
|
01/25/1834
|
Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1835
|
Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1835
|
Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1839
|
Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1841
|
John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1844
|
Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, US House of Representative
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1844
|
Frederick E Kitziger, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1851
|
Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1851
|
Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1851
|
Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1854
|
Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1855
|
Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83
Type: Death
|
|
01/25/1856
|
Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1858
|
Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1858
|
Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1860
|
Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1863
|
Battle of Kinston, NC
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1863
|
General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1865
|
CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1866
|
Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1870
|
Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1874
|
Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1874
|
[William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1875
|
Anti-slavery society forms (NY)
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1875
|
Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
|
|
01/25/1877
|
Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1880
|
Francis George Scott, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1881
|
Emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1881
|
Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1882
|
Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1882
|
Virginia [Adeline] Woolf, London, author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1882
|
Peter Singer, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
|
|
01/25/1884
|
Edward Kilenyi, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1885
|
Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1885
|
A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1886
|
Wilhelm Frtwngler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1887
|
Diego Valeri, Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1889
|
Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1890
|
National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1890
|
Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1890
|
United Mine Workers of America forms
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1891
|
Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Britian, actress (Cleopatra)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1891
|
William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador to USSR
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1894
|
James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
|
|
01/25/1896
|
John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1896
|
Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
Type: Death
|
|
01/25/1896
|
Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
Type: Death
|
|
01/25/1898
|
Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/25/1899
|
Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)
Type: Birth
|
