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Events on Sep 25

0953Ratherius becomes Bishop of Luik
0955Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees
1066Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
1212Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)
1340England and France sign disarmament treaty
1396Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies
1492Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
1493Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America
1555Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
1560Spanish King Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st Archbishop of Utrecht
1597Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV
16391st printing press in America
1639Suzuki Shosan, Samurai Monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
1654England and Denmark sign trade agreement
1690Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed
1775American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1777English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia
1780Benedict Arnold joins the British
1789Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
180412th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power
1836HMS Beagle anchors at St. Michael
1846US troops under General Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
1857Relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram begins
1861Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1866(Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing
1867Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard University in Washington DC
18821st baseball doubleheader (Providence andWorcester)
1886Comedy opera "Dorothy, " 1st produced in London
1888Royal Court Theatre, London, opens
1888Start of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskervilles" (BG)

Born on Sep 25

1593Matthew Merian [the Elder]: Engraver / bookseller
1612Mark Zuesius Boxhorn: Dutch historian
1683Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dijon, France -- Composer (Traite)
1714Jean-Benoit Leclair: Composer
1725Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot: Designed and built 1st automobile
1729Christian G Heyne: German archaeologist
1741Vaclav Pichl: Composer
1744Frederik Willem II: King of Prussia (1786-97)
1752Carl Stenborg: Composer
1766Armand-Emmanuel [duc de Richelieu]: French Prime Minister (1815-18, 1820-21)
1785George Frederic Pinto: Composer
1793Felicia Dorothea Hermans: Poet
1798Henri Scheffer: Painter
1805Henry P Scholte: Dutch / US vicar / founder (Pella colony in Iowa)
1822Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr: Brigadier General (Union vol)
1823Thomas John Wood: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1829William Michael Rossetti: Civil servant
1830Karl Klindworth: Pianist / conductor
1832William Le Baron Jenney: United States -- Architect / "father of skyscraper"
1839[Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman: Writer / feminist
1839Karl A von Zittel: German geologist / paleontologist (Libya)
1852Cornelis J Snijders: Supreme Commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18)
1852Hans Vaihinger: German philosopher (Nietzsche Philosophy)
1858Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden: English feminist
1866Thomas Hunt Morgan: United States -- Biologist (Nobel-1933)
1872Charles Blake Cochran: Impresario
1879Luis da Costa: Composer
1884Cornelis "Kees" Boeke: Dutch educationalist
1886Jesus Guridi: Composer
1886John Howard Lawson: Scriptwriter / playwright

Died on Sep 25

0813Al-Amin: Arabic kalief of Islam (809-813), murdered
1066Harald III Hardrada: King of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51
1392Sergius van Radonesj: Russian saint, dies at 78
1396Jean de Vienne: French Admiral / crusader, dies in battle
1396Odard de Chasseron: French knight / crusader, dies in battle
1396Philip of Bar: French knight / crusader, dies in battle
1501Dzore Drzic: Croatish poet
1525Johannes Pistorius [Bakker]: RC pastor / church reformer, burned at 26
1619Francesco Soto de Langa: Composer
1716Johann Christoph Pez: Composer, dies at 52
1727Jacques Abbadie: French theologist, dies at about 73
1733Georg Motz: Composer, dies at 79
1777Johann Heinrich Lambert: Mathematician, dies at 49
1808Richard Porson: Scholar
1813Braz Francisco de Lima: Composer, dies at 61
1840Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald: Duc de Tarente, soldier
1860Carl Friedrich Zollner: Composer, dies at 60
1871Arvir A Afzelius: Swedish story teller
1876A Glabbrenner: Writer, dies at 66
1914A Lichtenstein: Writer, dies at 25
1914Jan B Stobbaerts: Flemish painter, dies at 76
1916Julius Fucik: Composer, dies at 44
1918John Ireland: Irish / US Archbishop of St Paul, dies at 80
1920William F Sudds: Composer, dies at 77
1929Miller Huggins: Manager (New York Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49
1933Paul Ehrenfest: Austria / Netherlands physicist, dies at 53
1944Jakob Schaffner: Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68
1944Leo Justinus Kauffmann: Composer, dies at 43
1945Bela Bartok: Composer, dies at 64
1945Charles A Ellwood: US sociologist / psychologist, dies at 72

Historical events on September 26

1371Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey
1396Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders
1404Brussels Brabants / Limburgse audit-office established
1580Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England
1629Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark
1655Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
1680Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal
1687Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians
1733France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant
1772New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine
1777British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution
1786England and France sign trade agreement
17894th Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood of Mass takes office
1789Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;
1789Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster and Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney General
1815Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance
1824Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives
18612nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club
18741st Grand International Rifle match held
18761st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)
1884Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed
1887Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone
1890US stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece
1892Diamond Match Co patented book matches
1895Italian general Oreste Baratieri lands in Massawa, Eritrea
1901Boer General Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal
1901Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)
1904Charles Kleins "Music Master, " premieres in New York City
1904Earl Grey is named British Governor-General of Canada
1906Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game

Born on September 26

1729Moses Mendelssohn: Philosopher / critic / Bible translator
1759Hans D L Earl Yorck von Wartenburg: Prussian Field Marshal / Governor-General
1767Wenzel Muller: Composer
1820Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar: Father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita)
1821Alvin Peterson Hovey: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1823Ivan S Aksakov: Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh)
1841Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg: Composer
1867Maggie L Walker: Black business and civic leader
1868Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert: Composer
1870Christian X: King of Denmark (1912-47)
1872Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz: Austrian Foreign min (1916-18)
1873Amilcare Zanella: Composer
1875Edmund Gwenn: Wales, United Kingdom -- Actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
1876Edith Abbott: Dean (University of Chicago Social Sciences)
1877Alfred Cortot: French pianist
1879Petko J Todorov: Bulgaria -- Writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee)
1887Antonio Moreno: Madrid, Spain -- Actor / director (It, Careers)
1889Martin Heidegger: Germany -- Existentialist (Being & Time)
1891Alfred Plane: US sharp shooter (1912, 20 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
1893Milos Crnjanski: Serbian poet (Seobe)
1894Gladys Brockwell: Brooklyn, New York -- Actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist)
1895Fay Holden: Birmingham, England -- Actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films)
1897Pope Paul VI [Giovanni Montini]: 262nd Roman Catholic Pope (1963-78)
1897Victor O Stomps: Writer
1897Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak: Dutch actress / act teacher (Goethe / Brecht)
1901Donald Cook: Portland, Oregon -- Actor (Too Young To Go Steady)
1902Umberto "Albert" Anastasia: US gangster (Murder Inc)
1903Gerhard Nebel: Writer
1907Anthony F Blunt: British historian / spy for USSR
1907Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren: European Boxing Champ (1928 Olympics - Silver Medalist)

Died on September 26

1023Godfried I: Duke of Neth-Lutherans
1342John I: Ruler of Poland
1345Willem IV: Earl of Henegouwen / Holland / Zealand, dies at about 27
1371Vlkasin: Hungarian General / co-king of Serbia
1614Felice Anerio: Italian Composer (pontifical royal chapel)
1626Lancelot Andrewes: English Theologist / Bishop of Winchester, dies at 71
1788Francois Bainville: Composer, dies at 63
1808Pavel Vranicky: Composer, dies at 51
1820Daniel Boone: Frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85
1866Carl Almqvist: Swedish Author (Amorina), dies at 72
1871Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter: Composer, dies at 78
1904Lafcadio Hearn: Author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54
1917Edgar H G Degas: French Painter (ballerina)
1935Andy Adams: US writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
1937Bessie Smith: Singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
1944Ernst Isler: Composer, dies at 64
1945R Beer-Hofmann: Writer, dies at 78
1947Hugh Lofting: Writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61
1952George Santayana: US philosopher / Poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
1956Lucien Febvre: French Historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
1958Carl Brisson: Actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho), dies at 64
1959Solomon Bandaranaike: Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956-59), assassinated at 60
1961Eily Malyon: Actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch), dies at 81
1961Juanita Hansen: Actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
1964Ida Moore: Actress (Mr Music, Johnny Belinda), dies at 82
1966Helen Kane: Actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
1971Muriel Kirkland: Actress (Nana, Fast Workers), dies of emphysema at 68
1972Charles J Correll: Actor / voice (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82
1973Anton Schnack: German writer / poet, dies at 81
1979Arthur Hunnicutt: Actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68

Events on Sep 27

0070Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
1290Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
1312Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg
1509Storm ravages Flemish / Dutch / Friese coast, 1000s killed
1540Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus / Order of the Jesuits
1540Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
1694Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die
1777English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
1779John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
1787Constitution submitted to states for ratification
1821Mexican Empire declares its independence
1821Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1825Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington)
1830Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
1833Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe
1834Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso
1854Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board
1864Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed / injured
1864Centralia Massacre (Missouri): "Bloody Bill" Anderson / Frank
1877John Mercer Langston named Minister of Haiti
1881Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1892Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company
1894Aqueduct racetrack opens in New York
1900Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St, New York City
19051st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
190929th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)
19101st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
1912W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
1914Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
19161st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians

Born on Sep 27

1600John Galle: Flemish engraver / printer, baptised
1601Louis XIII: King of France (1610-43)
1637Hieronymus Gradenthaler: Composer
1657Sophia: Regent of Russia (1682-89)
1677Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari: Composer
1722Samuel Adams: Revolutionary rabble rouser / (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94)
1729Michael Dennis: Jesuit / author
1776Maria E J Versfelt: Actress / mistress (General Moreau & Marshal Ney)
1786Jose Mariano Elizaga: Composer
1792George Cruikshank: London, England -- Caricaturist (Oliver Twist)
1803Samuel Francis DuPont: Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1865
1809Raphael Semmes: Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1877
1817Hiram R Revels: Fayetteville, North Carolina -- 1st black US senator
1824William Nelson: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1830William Babcock Hazen: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1838Antony E J Modderman: Dutch Minister of Justice (1879-83)
1840Alfred Thayer Mahan: United States -- Naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)
1840Thomas Nast: Political cartoonist of late 1800s America
1858Giuseppe Peano: Italian mathematician, founder of symbolic logic
1858Porsteinn Erlingsson: Iceland -- Poet (Pyrnar)
1862Louis Botha: Greytown, South Africa -- 1st Prime Minister of South Africa (1910-19)
1864Alexander Cohen: Dutch anarchist / author
1866Tryggve Andersen: Norwegian writer (Fra Cancelliraadens Dage)
1867Rosa Lewis: Society caterer / owner (Cavandish Hotel-England)
1875Grazia Deledda: Italy -- Novelist (Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926)
1879Cyril M Scott: English pianist / composer / author (Heroic Suite)
1881Ernest Samuel Williams: Composer
1881Johanna "Annie" Bakker: Dutch revue-artist / singer / actress
1881William J Clothier: 1st President of tennis hall of fame / (US Open-1906)
1887Anton Roemer: Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje)

Died on Sep 27

1259Ezzeline III da Romano: Gentleman of Verona / "cruel monster"
1404William of Wykeham: Chancellor / Bishop of Winchester
1566Marcus A Vida [Marcus Hieronymus]: Italian humanist / Poet / Bishop
1590Urban VII [Giambattista Castagna]: Italian Pope (1590)
1612Piotr Skarga: Polish theology / PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
1617Johan Earnest Count of Nassau-Siegen
1651Maximilian I: Duke / ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78
1660St Vincent de Paul: Vincentian Cong founder
1674Thomas Traherne: English Poet / mystic (Roman Forgeries)
1700Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli]: Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
1784Boniface Stoecki: Composer, dies at 38
1808Gaetano B Vestris: Ballerina, dies at 79
1821Luis (Philippus) Brion: Curacaos Admiral / Supreme Commander, dies at 39
1831Henry van Wine: Archivist / founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91
1844Charles Nodier: French writer (History du chien the Brisquet)
1868Alexander Walewski: French Earl / duke / diplomat / Foreign minister
1870Henry TP Comstock: Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50
1891I Gontscharow: Writer
1915Conrad T van Deventer: Dutch jurist / MP (liberal), dies at 57
1915Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch: German / Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
1916Emile A G Verhaeren: Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61
1917Edgar Degas: Painter, Paris
1919Adelina [Adela JM] Patti: Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
1921Engelbert Humperdinck: German opera Composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67
1935Alan Gray: Composer, dies at 79
1942Douglas Munro: Only US Coast Guard with WWII-Med of Honor
1943Waclaw Gieburowski: Composer, dies at 65
1944Aimee Semple McPherson: Canada / US evangelist / faith healer, dies at 53
1944Aristide Maillol: Fr Sculptor / graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
1948Frank Cellier: Actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64