424 Historic Events for September 25
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| 1777 |
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Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49
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| 1780 |
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Benedict Arnold joins the British
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| 1781 |
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-26] Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets
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| 1785 |
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George Frederic Pinto, composer
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| 1789 |
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Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
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| 1793 |
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Felicia Dorothea Hermans, poet
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| 1798 |
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Henri Scheffer, painter
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| 1798 |
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JBAL L‚once Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist
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| 1804 |
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12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power
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| 1805 |
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Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar/founder (Pella colony in Iowa)
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| 1808 |
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Richard Porson, scholar, dies
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| 1813 |
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Braz Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 61
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| 1822 |
Birth |
Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brig Gen (Union vol)
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| 1823 |
Birth |
Thomas John Wood, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
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| 1829 |
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Failed assassination attempt on Sim¢n Bol¡var
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| 1829 |
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William Michael Rossetti, civil servant
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| 1830 |
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Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor
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| 1832 |
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William Le Baron Jenney, US, architect/"father of skyscraper"
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| 1836 |
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HMS Beagle anchors at St Michael
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| 1839 |
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Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya)
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| 1839 |
Birth |
[Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, writer/feminist
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| 1840 |
Death |
Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier
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| 1844 |
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Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
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| 1846 |
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Vladimir K”ppen, Russ/German meteorologist
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| 1846 |
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US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
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