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Apr 25 1214

Louis IX (Saint Louis) King of France (1226-70) born in Poissy France (d. 1270)

Apr 25 1228

Conrad IV King of Germany Jerusalem and Sicily born in Andria Sicily (d. 1254)

Apr 25 1284

Edward II King of England (1307-27) born in Caernarfon Castle Gwynedd Wales (d. 1327)

Apr 25 1287

Roger de Mortimer 1st Earl of March de facto ruler of England born in Wigmore Castle Herefordshire England (d. 1330)

Apr 25 1502

Georg Major German Protestant theologian born in Nuremberg Germany (d. 1574)

Apr 25 1567

Aurelio Signoretti Italian composer born in Reggio Emilia Italy (d. 1635)

Apr 25 1608

Gaston Duke of Orleans brother of French King Louis XIII born in Palace of Fontainebleau France (d. 1660)

Apr 25 1614

Hieronymus van Beverningk Dutch general born in Gouda Netherlands (1690)

Apr 25 1614

MarcAntonio Pasqualini Italian composer born in Rome Italy (d. 1691)

Apr 25 1621

Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery British soldier statesman and dramatist born in Lismore County Waterford Ireland (d. 1679)

Apr 25 1666

Johann Heinrich Buttstett German composer born in Bindersleben Germany (d. 1727)

Apr 25 1677

Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly) born in Lyon France (d. 1746)

Apr 25 1690

Gottlieb Theophil Muffat German composer born in Passau Germany (d. 1770)

Apr 25 1694

Richard Boyle 3rd Earl of Burlington English architect born in London (d. 1753)

Apr 25 1710

James Ferguson Scottish astronomer born in Banffshire Scotland (d. 1776)

Apr 25 1723

Giovanni Marco Rutini Italian composer born in Florence Italy (d. 1797)

Apr 25 1725

Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel British admiral born in Caversham Reading England (d. 1786)

Apr 25 1730

Fedele Fenaroli Italian composer born in Lanciano Italy (d. 1818)

Apr 25 1767

Nicolas Oudinot French marshal born in Bar-le-Duc France (d. 1847)

Apr 25 1769

Marc Isambard Brunel French-born English engineer (Thames Tunnel) born in Hacqueville France (d. 1849)

Apr 25 1770

Georg Sverdrup Norwegian statesman born in Nry Nord-Trndelag Norway (d. 1850)

Apr 25 1776

Princess Mary Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh born in Buckingham Palace London (d. 1857)

Apr 25 1792

John Keble Anglican priest and founder (Oxford Movement) born in Fairford Gloucestershire England (d. 1886)

Apr 25 1818

Marek Konrad Sokolowski Polish guitarist and composer born in Zhytomyr Ukraine (d. 1883)

Apr 25 1824

Gustave Boulanger French painter born in Paris (d. 1888)

Apr 25 1825

Charles Dowd American principal who was the 1st to propose standardized time zones (for Americas railways) born in Madison Connecticut (d. 1904)

Apr 25 1837

William Charles Levey Irish conductor and composer born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1894)

Apr 25 1840

James Dearing U.S. Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Campbell County Virginia (d. 1865)

Apr 25 1841

Pauline Lucca Austrian operatic soprano born in Vienna Austria (d. 1908)

Apr 25 1842

Antonio Fogazzarro Italian writer and poet (Il santo Leila) born in Vicenza Italy (d. 1911)

Apr 25 1843

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom Grand Duchess of Hesse born in Buckingham Palace London (d. 1878)

Apr 25 1849

Felix Klein German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium) born in Dsseldorf Germany (d. 1925)

Apr 25 1851

Leopoldo Alas Spanish novelist (La Regenta) born in Zamora Spain (d. 1901)

Apr 25 1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family

Apr 25 1507 German cartographer Martin Waldseemller first to use the name America on his world map Universalis Cosmographia

Apr 25 1607 Battle at Gibraltar Dutch fleet beats Spanish Portuguese fleet

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