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Events on May 25

12411st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany
1522Emperor Karel I returns to Spain
1632Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen
1659Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
1660English King Charles II lands in Dover
1720"Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000
1784Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
1787Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, G Washington presiding
1793Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1810Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
1812Earthquake destroys Caracas Venezuela
1825American Unitarian Association founded
18441st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1861John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a Supreme Court decision protecting writ
1864Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia
18761st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
18764th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75
1878Gilbert / Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore, " premieres in London
1887Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1895Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
18981st US troop transport to Manila leaves San Francisco
189933rd Belmont: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
1900Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics
190438th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
1906After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
1914British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
19152nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties
1915Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pittsburgh (Federal League), 10-0
1919Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
1922Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump

Born on May 25

1494Jacopo Pontormo II: Italy -- Painter (Sepulture of Christ)
1550Camillus de Lellis: Italian soldier / monastery founder / Saint
1688Christian August Jacobi: Composer
1713John Stuart: 3rd Earl of Bute, English Premier (1760-63)
1726Giuseppi Paolucci: Composer
1729Jean de Neufville: Dutch / US Merchant (started 4th English war)
1767Ferdinand Franzl: Composer
1767Friedrich Johann Eck: Composer
1779Henry M Baron de Kock: Dutch officer / politician
1781Ferdinand K J: Archduke of Austria-Este / Governor-General (Sicily)
1818Jacob Burckhardt: Switzerland -- Cultural historian
1821Diederich Krug: Composer
1830Jules de Geyter: Belgian poet (International)
1839John Eliot: English meteorologist
1845William Muldoon: Belfast, New York -- Boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
1847Alphonse Goovaerts: Composer
1847John Alexander Dowie [Elijah the Restorer]: United States -- Evangelist
1865Frederick Augustus III: King of Saxon (1904-18)
1865John Raleigh Mott: Organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
1865Pieter Zeeman: Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)
1877Billy Murray: Singer (Denver Nightengale)
1879W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook: Canada -- Banker
1882Harry Fox: Entertainer
1886Philip Murray: Founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
1889Gilardo Gilardi: Composer
1889Igor Sikorsky: Developed a working helicopter
1889Sverre Jordan: Composer
1891Robert W P Peereboom: Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper)
1894Dirk Vansina: Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence)
1896Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink: Theologist / church historian

Died on May 25

0615Boniface IV: Pope (608-15)
0709Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm: Engl abbot / Bishop / Poet / saint, dies at about 69
0946Edmund the Older: King of Wessex / England (939-46)
1085Gregory VII [Ildebrando]: Pope (1073-85)
1261Alexander IV [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni]: Pope (1254-61)
1555Gemma Frisius: Frisian geographer / astronomer, dies at 46
1765Pierre-Joseph Le Blan: Composer, dies at 53
1826Christian Friedrich Ruppe: Composer, dies at 72
1849Andreas Michiels: Dutch Military gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52
1862Johann N Nestroy: Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60
1895Ahmed Djevdet Pasja: Turkish Minister of Justice, dies at 73
1899Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur: French painter, dies at 68
1914Paolo Giorza: Composer, dies at 81
1917Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur: Composer, dies at 72
1919Madame C J Walker: Wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51
1924Theodore Morse: Composer, dies at 51
1926Symon Petlyura: Leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47
1934Gustav Theodore Holst: English Composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1936Jan Levoslav Bella: Composer, dies at 92
1937Henry O Tanner: Artist
1946Patty Smith Hill: Songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78
1949Simon H Spoor: Intelligence officer / General (WWII), dies at 47
1964Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov: Composer, dies at 92
1968Charles K Feldman [Gould]: Producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63
1971Jo Etha Collier: Young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew, Mississippi
1971Mark Brunswick: Composer, dies at 69
1971Terence De Marney: Actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62
1974Donald Crisp: Actor / director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91
1981Rosa Ponselle: US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1981Roy Brown: Rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack

Historical events on May 26

0961German King Otto II crowned
1328William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1521Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers
1596England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
16371st battle of Pequot at New Haven Ct kills 500 indians
1647Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
1736Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French
1781Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia
1790Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1798British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
1805Lewis and Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
1805Napoleon is crowned King of Italy
1824Brazil is recognized by US
1834Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
1860Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
1861Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South
1861Union blockades New Orleans LA and Mobile, Alabama
1864Territory of Montana formed
1865Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
1868President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
1876HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
1884Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 and 7-3 vs. England XI in 4 hours
1887Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state
1894Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
18961st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York
1896Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
1896Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
189832nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
1898San Francisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utilities
1900British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa

Born on May 26

1566Mohammed III: Sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1591Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck: Composer
1689Mary Wortley Montagu: English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1700Nikolaus L Earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf: German evangelist
1771Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin: German saloon owner / author
1773Hans Georg Nageli: Composer
1782Joseph Drechsler: Composer
1799Alexander S Pushkin: Russia -- Writer (Eugene Onegin)
1806Henry Knox Thatcher: Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822E de Goncourt: Writer
1825Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza: Composer
1835Edward Porter Alexander: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1846Arthur Coquard: Composer
1850Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman: Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853Monroe A Althouse: Composer
1856George Templeton Strong: Composer
1865Akseli V Gallen-Kallela: Fins painter / graphic artist / illustrator
1866John Eigenhuis: Writer (Tough Workers)
1867Mary: Queen of Great Britain / North Ireland
1871Camille Huysmans: Belgian Premier (1946-47)
1873Cornelis G N de Vooys: Translator / founder (New Taalgids)
1874Henry Farman: French aviation pioneer (double decker)
1877Isadora Duncan: San Francisco, California -- Free form / interpretative dancer
1877Jean Schlumberger: French writer (La Mort de Sparte)
1877Sadao Araki: Japanese General / Minister of War (1931-34)
1884Charles Winninger: Athens, Wisconsin -- Actor (Charlie Farrell Show)
1890Kurt Edzard: German sculptor (nudes / portraits)
1893Eugene Goossens: London, England -- Conductor / composer (Perseus)
1893Norma Talmadge: New York, United States -- Actress (Sign on Door, Camille)
1895Dorothea Lange: US documentary photographer

Died on May 26

0735Beda Venerabilis: English speaking church historian, dies at about 62
1421Mohammed I: Sultan of Turkey (1413-21)
1512Bajezid II: Governor of Amasja / 8th Sultan of Turkey
1595Philippus Nerius [Filippo Neri]: Italian Merchant / saint, dies at 79
1609Cornelis Claesz: Mapmaker, buried
1685Karel: Monarch of Palts
1703Samuel Pepys: English marine expert (Diary) / composer, dies at 70
1753Willem Maurits: Earl of Nassau / gov of Zeeuws-Flanders
1818Michael A Barclay de Tolly: Russian Field Marshal / War Minister
1831Georg Hermes: German philosopher / Theologist (Hermenianen)
1832Francois-Louis Perne: Composer, dies at 59
1864Ch Sealsfield: Writer, dies at 71
1868Michael Barrett: Irish nationalist, last British public execution
1871Aime Maillart: Composer, dies at 54
1873August Conradi: Composer, dies at 51
1876Frantisek Palacky: Czech Historian / MP, dies at 77
1880John Curwen: Composer, dies at 63
1883Abd el-Kader: Algerian Sultan / religious ruler, dies at about 74
1891Frederick Bowen Jewson: Composer, dies at 67
1905Alphonse de Rothschild: French banker
1908Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: Indies Theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
1912Jan Blockx: Belgian opera Composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
1924Johann Heinrich Beck: Composer, dies at 67
1924Victor Herbert: Irish / US cellist / Composer / conductor, dies at 65
1926S V Petlura: Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
1933Jimmie Rodgers: Country singer, dies at 35
1939Charles H Mayo: US surgeon / co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
1939Cornelis J Cutters: Supreme Commander of Navy (1910-18)
1943Edsel Ford: Owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49
1946Friedrich A H von Waldeck: Monarch of Waldeck

Events on May 27

1281Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge
1328French King Philip VI Valois crowned
152930 Jews of Posing Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake
1660Denmark and Sweden sign ceasefire
1679Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in the UK
1689Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland
1703St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
1738Turkish troops occupy Orsova and Ochakov
1796James S McLean patents his piano
1813Americans capture Ft George, Canada
1844Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
1850Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
1854Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed
1856Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
1863CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die
1863Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana
18786th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75
1883Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow
1893Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland
1895British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera / projector
1896Bay District Race Track closes
1896Tornado hits St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless
190227th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8
190337th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75
1903Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants Bureau in Amsterdam
1904NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants)
190530th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8
1905Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
1907Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco
1916Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx

Born on May 27

1332Ibn Khaldun: Tunis -- Arab historian / sociologist (Muqaddimah)
1595Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov]: German lawyer
1626William II: Prince of Orange / stadholder
1652Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts: German / French Duchess of Orleans
1738Bonaventura Furlanetto: Composer
1756Maximilian I Jozef: King of Bavaria
1774Francis Beaufort: Admiral / hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)
1794Cornelius Vanderbilt: Millionaire (B & O railroad)
1799Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy [Elie Levy]: Composer
1806Charles-Joseph Tolbecque: Composer
1815Henry Parkes: British journalist / Premier of Australia
1819Julia Ward Howe: United States -- Author / lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
1822Henry Wylde: Composer
1822Josef Joachim Raff: Composer
1823John Gray Foster: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1836Edwin Gray Lee: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1836Jay Gould: US railroad executive and financier
1837"Wild Bill" Hickok [James Butler]: Cowboy / scout
1837Robert Frederick Hoke: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1912
1839Luigi Capuana: Sicilian author / critic (Roccaverdina)
1849"Blind" Tom Bethune: Pianist / composer
1854Georges Eekhoud: Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
1861Victoria E Matthews: Educator
1867Arnold Bennett: England, United Kingdom -- Novelist / playwright / critic (Great Babylon)
1871Georges-Henri Rouault: Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
1874Richard von Schaukal: Austria -- Poet / writer (Eros Thanatos)
1881Rudolf Pannwitz: German writer
1884Bax Brod: Composer
1887Emiel van der Straeten: Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)
1888Louis Durey: Composer

Died on May 27

0927Symeon: Czar of Bulgaria ( -927)
1039Dirk III Hierosolymita: Count of Holland
1178Godfried van Rhenen: Bishop of Utrecht
1508Ludovico Sforza [il Moro]: Italian Duke of Milan, dies at 55
1541Margaretha: Duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
1549Lijsbeth Dirksdr: Fries antabaptist, drowns
1564Jean Caulvin [John Calvin]: Priest / church reformer, dies at 54
1569Francois de Coligny: French General (Jarnac)
1576Louis de Boisot: Dutch Admiral, drowns at about 44
1580Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum
1596Tibaldi II: Italian Painter / Sculptor / architect
1627Everhardus van Bronchorst: Lawyer, dies at 73
1638Nicolas Forme: Composer, dies at 71
1647Achsah Young: 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem, Massachusetts
1652Jacques Huyn: Composer, dies at 39
1690Giovanni Legrenzi: Italian composer, dies at 63
1708Jacques Danican Philidor: Composer, dies at 51
1768Johann M Fleischmann: German / Dutch stamp / letter designer
1790Jeremiah Carlton: Laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
1797Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf: French utopian socialist, dies at 36
1855Nikolaj A Bestoezjev: Russ writer / Painter (Account of Holland)
1863Edward Payson Chapin: Union Brigadier General, dies at 31
1876Joseph Bosworth: Lexicographer / scholar
1878Carlo Marsili: Composer, dies at 49
1887Coenraad J van Houten: Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
1896Allard Pierson: Theologist / philosopher / art Historian / poet
1902Jan van Droogenbroeck: Flemish poet
1910Robert Koch: German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel)
1914Joseph Wilson Swan: Physicist / chemist
1918Henry Adams: US literature Historian (Esther), dies at 80