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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 25 1048

    Emperor Shenzong of China 6th emperor of the Song dynasty in China born in Kaifeng China (d. 1085)

    May 25 1334

    Emperor Suk Japanese Emperor of the Northern Court (1348-51) (d. 1398)

    May 25 1458

    Mahmud Begada Sultan of Gujarat (successfully captured Pavagadh and Junagadh forts in battles ) born in Ahmedabad India (d. 1511)

    May 25 1729

    Jean de Neufville Dutch-American merchant (started 4th English war) born in Amsterdam (d. 1796)

    May 25 1494

    Jacopo da Pontormo [Carucci] Italian painter (Sepulture of Christ) born in Pontormo Italy (d. 1557)

    May 25 1550

    Camillus de Lellis Italian Roman Catholic saint (founder of the Ministers of the Sick) born in Bucchianico Kingdom of Naples (d. 1614)

    May 25 1606

    Charles Garnier French Jesuit missionary in New France born in Paris (d. 1649)

    May 25 1661

    Claude Buffier French philosopher and historian born in Warsaw Poland (d. 1737)

    May 25 1688

    Christian August Jacobi German composer born in Grimma Leipzig (d. 1725)

    May 25 1713

    John Stuart 3rd earl of Bute Prime Minister of Great Britain (1760-63) born in Parliament Square Edinburgh Midlothian (d. 1792)

    May 25 1725

    Samuel Ward American politician (31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1776)

    May 25 1726

    Giuseppi Paolucci Italian composer born in Siena Italy (d. 1776)

    May 25 1767

    Friedrich Johann Eck German violinist and composer (Concertos pour violon) born in Mannheim Germany (d. 1838)

    May 25 1779

    Hendrik Marcus de Kock Dutch general and politician (Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1826-30) born in Heusden Dutch Republic (d. 1845)

    May 25 1781

    Ferdinand Karl Joseph Archduke of Austria-Este born in Milan (d. 1850)

    May 25 1783

    Philip Pendleton Barbour American politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice born in Gordonsville Virginia (d. 1841)

    May 25 1818

    Jacob Burckhardt Swiss cultural historian born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1897)

    May 25 1821

    Diederich Krug German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier) born in Hamburg Germany (d. )

    May 25 1830

    Jules de Geyter Belgian poet (International) born in Lede Belgium (d. 1905)

    May 25 1839

    John Eliot English meteorologist born in Lamesley Durham (d. 1908)

    May 25 1845

    Lip Pike American baseball player born in NYC New York (d. 1883)

    May 25 1846

    Princess Helena of the United Kingdom daughter of Queen Victoria born in Buckingham Palace London (d. 1923)

    May 25 1846

    Naim Frashri Albanian poet and writer born in Frashr Janina Vilayet Ottoman Empire(d. 1900)

    May 25 1847

    Alphonse Goovaerts Belgian composer and musicologist (Histoire et Bibliographie de la Typographie Musicale dans les Pays-Bas) born in Antwerp Belgian (d. 1922)

    May 25 1847

    John Alexander Dowie Scottish-American evangelist (founded the city of Zion Illinois) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1907)

    May 25 1852

    William Muldoon American wrestler and owner of NY health institute The Olympia born in Caneadea Allegany County New York (d. 1933)

    May 25 1856

    Louis Franchet dEsprey French general during WWI born in Mostaganem French Algeria (d. 1942)

    May 25 1860

    James McKeen Cattell American psychologist born in Easton Pennsylvania (d. 1944)

    May 25 1865

    Frederick Augustus III King of Saxony (1904-18) born in Dresden Germany (d. 1932)

    May 25 1865

    John Mott American evangelist and organizer (YMCA Nobel 1946) born in Livingston Manor Sullivan County New York (d. 1955)

    May 25 1865

    Pieter Zeeman Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect Nobel Prize 1902) born in Zonnemaire Schouwen-Duiveland (d. 1943)

    May 25 1877

    Billy Murray American singer (Denver Nightengale) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1954)

    May 25 1879

    William Maxwell Aitken Lord Beaverbrook Canadian English newspaper publisher (Daily Express) born in Maple Ontario (d. 1964)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 25 1085 Alfonso VI of Len and Castile captures Toledo

    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

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