Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
May 25, 1085 |
King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren |
May 25, 1241 |
1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
May 25, 1420 |
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. |
May 25, 1521 |
Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers |
May 25, 1522 |
Emperor Karel I returns to Spain |
May 25, 1632 |
Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen |
May 25, 1659 |
Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England. Many pubs in England have since been called "Tumbeldown Dick" in his memory. |
May 25, 1660 |
King Charles II of England lands in Dover |
May 25, 1720 |
The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000 |
May 25, 1721 |
John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent |
May 25, 1738 |
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners. |
May 25, 1784 |
Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek |
May 25, 1787 |
Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding |
May 25, 1793 |
Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained |
May 25, 1810 |
The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina |
May 25, 1810 |
In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo. |
May 25, 1825 |
American Unitarian Association founded |
May 25, 1837 |
The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom. |
May 25, 1842 |
Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect, to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague |
May 25, 1844 |
1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot |
May 25, 1861 |
John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ |
May 25, 1862 |
Battle of Winchester VA |
May 25, 1864 |
Battle of New Hope Church, GA |
May 25, 1868 |
Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen |
May 25, 1870 |
Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec |
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