Events on Mar 25
- 0001Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
- 00311st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
- 0421Friday at 12pm - city of Venice founded
- 0708Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1133William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England
- 1306Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scotland
- 1409Council of Pisa opens
- 1571Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
- 1581Portugese Cortes calls Philip II King of Portugal
- 1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Company
- 1634Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
- 1647Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay
- 16681st horse race in America takes place
- 1669Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
- 1700England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty
- 1753Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia
- 1774English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill
- 1776Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington
- 1802France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens
- 18071st railway passenger service began in England
- 1807British Parliament abolishes slave trade
- 1807George Canning becomes British Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 18131st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex
- 1814Netherlands Bank established
- 1817Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
- 1820Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
- 1821Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)
- 1847Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland"
- 1856A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine
- 1857Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse
Born on Mar 25
- 1133Henry II: King of England (1154-89)
- 1252Konradijn Hohenstaufen [Koenrad van Zwaben]: Son of Konrad IV
- 1495Leonhard Paminger: Composer
- 1532Pietro Pontio: Composer
- 1594Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher: Dutch writer
- 1653Joseph Sauveur: French physicist / mathematician
- 1688Johann Gotthilf Ziegler: Composer
- 1699Johann Adolf Hasse: Composer
- 1702Christian Gottlieb Ziegler: Composer
- 1713Jean-Baptiste Canavas: Composer
- 1723Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder]: Dutch demonstrater
- 1745Nicolas Etienne Framery: Composer
- 1762Francesco Giuseppi Pollini: Composer
- 1767Joachim Murat: Marshal of France / King of Naples (1808-15)
- 1769Salvatore Vigano: Composer
- 1770Carl Friedrich Ebers: Composer
- 1782Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte [countess Lipona]: Sister of Napoleon
- 1786Giovanni B Amia: Italian astronomer / physicist / Botanist
- 1797John Winebrenner: United States -- Clergyman that founded the Church of God
- 1800Paulin Paris: French historian
- 1808Jose de Espronceda y Delgado: Spanish revolutionary / poet (Cortes)
- 1818Isaac Ingalls Stevens: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
- 1820Xavier F M G: Earl of Merode, Belgian Minister to Pope (in Rome)
- 1823William Thompson Martin: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
- 1839William Bell Wait: United States -- Educated the blind
- 1867Arturo Toscanini: Parma, Italy -- Temperamental conductor (NBC)
- 1867Gutzon Borglum: Sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
- 1869Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout: Flemish Physician / writer
- 1871John Gutzon Borglum: Sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
- 1872Vito Pardo: Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina)
Died on Mar 25
- 1223Afonso II: 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36
- 1692Gerardus L Blasius: Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
- 1697Hendrik Casimir II: King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder
- 1751Frederik of Hessen Kassel: King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
- 1766Johannes Ritschel: Composer, dies at 26
- 1799Constantin Reindl: Composer, dies at 60
- 1801Anthony Ziesenis: Architect / Sculptor (Camper), dies at 69
- 1801Novalis: Writer, dies at 28
- 1823Coelestin Jungbauer: Composer, dies at 75
- 1825Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck: Dutch patriot / earl, dies at 63
- 1835Friederike Blum: Writer
- 1852Alexis Garaude: Composer, dies at 73
- 1880Joseph Rummel: Composer, dies at 61
- 1880Ludmilla Assing: Writer
- 1909Ruperto Chapi y Lorente: Composer, dies at 57
- 1918Claude A Debussy: French Composer (Iberia / La mer), dies in Paris at 55
- 1937John Drinkwater: English Poet / playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
- 1940Ion Nonna Otescu: Composer, dies at 51
- 1948Warren Hymer: Actor (Show Them No Mercy), dies at 42
- 1949Hanns A Rauter: German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54
- 1956George Luther Foote: Composer, dies at 70
- 1956Robert Newton: Actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50
- 1957Fud Livingston: Composer, dies at 50
- 1958Emerson Whithorne: Composer, dies at 73
- 1959Billy Mayerl: Composer, dies at 56
- 1962Auguste Piccard: Swiss explorer / balloonist, dies at 78
- 1963David Moore: US feather weight boxer, dies at 29
- 1965Giorgio Federico Ghedini: Composer, dies at 72
- 1965Viola Gregg Liuzzo: US civil rights activist, murdered
- 1966Colin Campbell: Actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83
Historical events on March 26
- 1027John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German Emperor
- 1147Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence
- 1150Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise
- 1526King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France
- 1636University of Utrecht opening ceremony
- 1668England takes control of Bombay India
- 1692King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
- 17801st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
- 1790Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency
- 1804Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
- 1804Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase
- 1812Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die
- 18391st Henley Royal Regatta
- 1845Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
- 1845Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid
- 1856New South Wales 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won
- 18591st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury
- 1863Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves
- 1871Paris Commune founded
- 18727.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California
- 1872Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher
- 1878Hastings College of Law founded
- 1885Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
- 18861st cremation in England
- 1889Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands
- 1889South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England
- 19001st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam)
- 1903American Hotel opens in Amsterdam
- 1910US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick
- 1910William H Lewis appointed Assistant Attorney General of US
Born on March 26
- 1479Vasili III: Great Prince of Moscow (1505-33) / Son of Ivan III
- 1577Elisabeth of Nassau: Daughter of Willem I and Charlotte of Bourbon
- 1659William Wollaston: Coton, England -- Philosopher
- 1671Giacomo Cesare Predieri: Composer
- 1684Johann Graf: Composer
- 1717Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila: Composer
- 1753Benjamin Thompson: Physicist (Royal Institution of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
- 1758Johann Daniel Ferstenberg: Composer
- 1773Nathaniel Bowditch: Mathematician / astronomer / author (Marine Sextant)
- 1783Johann Baptist Weigl: Composer
- 1806Josef Slavik: Composer
- 1813Thomas West Sherman: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
- 1817Herman Haupt: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
- 1819Francisco Eduardo da Costa: Composer
- 1819Louise Otto: Germany -- Author / feminist
- 1821Earnest Angel: German statistician (Law of Angel)
- 1827Emanuel Kania: Composer
- 1830Eliza Laurillard: Dutch vicar / poet / writer
- 1830John Rogers Thomas: Composer
- 1833Betsy Perk [Christina E]: Dutch journalist / writer / feminist
- 1840Carli Zoeller: Composer
- 1840George Smith: London, England -- Assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
- 1850Edward Bellamy: Author (Looking Backward)
- 1854Braulio Dueno Colon: Composer
- 1856David Alfred Thomas: Glamorganshire, United Kingdom -- 1st Viscount Rhondda
- 1859Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov: Composer
- 1862George William Louis Marshall-Hall: Composer
- 1868Fuad I: King of Egypt (1922-36)
- 1873[Louise] Sophie de Vries: Actress (On Hope of Blessing)
- 1874Gerald du Maurier: London, England -- Actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces)
Died on March 26
- 1258Floris [the Guardian]: Count-regent of Holland
- 1566Antonio de Cabezon: Composer
- 1638Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz: Painter, dies at about 30
- 1657Jacob van Eyck: Dutch blind flautist / carillonneur, dies at 69
- 1713Pal Esterhazy: Composer, dies at 77
- 1726John Vanbrugh: Dutch / English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62
- 1736Georg Balthasar Schott: Composer, dies at 49
- 1797James Hutton: Geologist
- 1809Gabriele Mario Piozzi: Composer, dies at 68
- 1820Jean-Etienne Despreaux: Composer, dies at 71
- 1827Ludwig van Beethoven: German Composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
- 1831Richard Allen: AME Church Bishop, dies at 71
- 1837Joseph Lincke: Composer, dies at 53
- 1865Thomas Hancock: Pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington)
- 1880Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras: Composer, dies at 62
- 1892Anton Wallerstein: Composer, dies at 78
- 1892Walt Whitman: Poet, dies in Camden, New Jersey at 72
- 1896Nanny v Hof: Writer
- 1900Isaac Mayer Wise: Rabbi / founder American Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80
- 1902Cecil Rhodes: Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48
- 1909Nikolai Arkas: Composer, dies at 56
- 1923Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette]: Actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77
- 1924Augusto de Oliviera Machado: Composer, dies at 78
- 1926Georges Vezina: NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens)
- 1926Konstantin Fehrenbach: German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at 74
- 1932Jean Cartan: Composer, dies at 25
- 1934Grete Gulbransson: Writer, dies at 51
- 1945David Lloyd George: British (L) Premier (1916-22), dies at 82
- 1945Isaack Stouten: Resistance fighter, shot to death at 29
- 1948Helen Ernst: German poster artist / resistance fighter, dies at about 43
Events on Mar 27
- 1513Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
- 1599Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant General of Ireland
- 1625Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne
- 1668English King Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company
- 1708English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk
- 1709Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded)
- 1713Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar
- 1721France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid
- 1758Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine
- 1790The shoelace invented
- 1794US Navy forms
- 1802Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends
- 1814Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
- 18361st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)
- 18411st US steam fire engine tested, New York City
- 1848John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster
- 1849Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
- 1855Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
- 1861Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars
- 1863President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer
- 1865Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals
- 1866Andrew Rankin patents the urinal
- 1866President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amend
- 18711st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
- 1879Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
- 18841st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY
- 19121st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC
- 19141st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
- 1920Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed
- 1924Canada recognizes USSR
Born on Mar 27
- 1416Antonio Squarcialupi: Composer
- 1554Everhardus van Bronchorst: Dutch lawyer
- 1665Benjamin Neukirch: German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)
- 1702Johann Ernst Eberlin: Composer
- 1746Augustin Ullinger: Composer
- 1746Carlo Bonaparte: Corsican attorney / father of Emperor Napoleon
- 1757Richard John Samuel Stevens: Composer
- 1760Ishmail Spicer: Composer
- 1760MJ Auguste Vestrius: French ballet dancers
- 1765Franz Xaver von Baader: German philosopher / theologist
- 1772Giovanni Liverati: Composer
- 1780August L Crelle: German inventor / mathematician (1st Prussian Railway)
- 1785Louis XVII Charles: King of France (1793-95)
- 1809Georges Eugene Haussmann: Paris, France -- Architect
- 1810A Glabbrenner: Writer
- 1813Nathaniel Currier: Lithographer (Currier & Ives)
- 1816George Elvey: Composer
- 1818Jakob Axel Josephson: Composer
- 1823Samuel Kosciusko Zook: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1844Alophus Washington Greely: United States -- Arctic explorer
- 1847Otto Wallach: Germany -- Chemist (Nobel 1910)
- 1851Ruperto Chapi y Lorente: Composer
- 1857Karl Pearson: London, England -- Mathematician
- 1857Pearson: Mathematician
- 1858Peter Christian Lutkin: Composer
- 1867Edyth Walker: US singer
- 1871Heinrich Mann: Germany -- Novelist / essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas
- 1871Petrus J M Aalberse: Dutch Minister of Labor (1918-25)
- 1879Edward Steichen: Pioneered American photography
- 1883Jan Kunc: Composer
Died on Mar 27
- 0922Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur: Persian mystic, beheaded at 64
- 0965Arnulf I [the Elder / the Great]: Count of Flanders (918-65)
- 1378Gregory XI [Pierre R the Beaufort]: Last French Pope (1370-78)
- 1472Janus Pannonius: Hungarian Poet / translator, dies at 37
- 1482Maria: Duchess of Burgundy / Countess of Holland, dies at 25
- 1625James I Stuart: King of Scotland (1567) / England (1603-25), dies at 58
- 1668Clemens Thieme: Composer, dies at 36
- 1679Abraham Mignon: Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
- 1701Anne Hilarion de Cotentin: Count of Tourville / Fr Admiral, dies at 58
- 1714Anton Ulrich: German Duke of Brunswick / poet, dies at 80
- 1761Johann Ludwig Steiner: Composer, dies at 72
- 1769Josef Antonin Gurecky: Composer, dies at 60
- 1770Giovanni B Tiepolo: Italian Painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73
- 1809Joseph M Vien: French (court)painter / etcher, dies at 92
- 1826Jakob Haibel: Composer, dies at 63
- 1850Wilhelm Bear: German banker / astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
- 1878Dobri Voynikov: Composer, dies at 44
- 1878George Gilbert Scott: Architect
- 1889Moritz Furstenau: Composer, dies at 64
- 1894Verney L Cameron: English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
- 1898Sajjid Ahmad Chan: Co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80
- 1900Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet]: South African General, dies at 69
- 1910Alexander E Agassiz: US businessman / biologist / geologist, dies at 74
- 1910David Duffle Wood: Composer, dies at 72
- 1920Johan G Danser: Dutch Poet (Meetings), dies at 26
- 1922Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov: Composer, dies at 63
- 1924Walter Parratt: Composer, dies at 83
- 1925Carl G Neumann: German Mathematician / physicist, dies at 92
- 1928Leslie Stuart: Composer, dies at 64
- 1929Shatunovsky: Mathematician