Events on 25 January 54
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In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to overthrow of the dynasty.
Year 1348
A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
Year 1575
Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
Year 1704
The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
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Birthdays on 25 January 162
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Leo IV the Khazar
b. 750 – d. 780
Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750)
Paul Hofhaimer
b. 1459 – d. 1537
Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1537)
Anne of Brittany
b. 1477 – d. 1514
Anne of Brittany (d. 1514)
Johannes Oporinus
b. 1507 – d. 1568
Johannes Oporinus, Swiss printer (d. 1568)
Giovanni Morone
b. 1509 – d. 1580
Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
b. 1526 – d. 1586
Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1586)
Govert Flinck
b. 1615 – d. 1660
Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
Robert Boyle
b. 1627 – d. 1691
Robert Boyle, Irish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1691)
Gaspar Fagel
b. 1634 – d. 1688
Gaspar Fagel, Dutch politician and diplomat (d. 1688)
Daniel Casper von Lohenstein
b. 1635 – d. 1683
Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, German writer, diplomat and lawyer (d. 1683)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
b. 1640 – d. 1707
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1640)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
b. 1736 – d. 1813
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
Deaths on 25 January 98
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Gregory Nazianzus
d. 390 (b. 329)
Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
Genseric
d. 477 (b. 389)
Genseric, king of the Vandals (b. 389)
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
d. 750
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Umayyad caliph
Pope Gregory IV
d. 844 (b. 795)
Pope Gregory IV (b. 795)
Charles of Provence
d. 863 (b. 845)
Charles of Provence, Frankish king (b. 845)
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Ma Xiguang
d. 951
Ma Xiguang, ruler of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)
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Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark
d. 1003
Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark
Emperor Yingzong of Song
d. 1067 (b. 1032)
Emperor Yingzong of Song (d. 1067)
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Antipope Anacletus II
d. 1138
Antipope Anacletus II
Godfrey I, Count of Louvain
d. 1139
Godfrey I, Count of Louvain and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI)
Henry Suso
d. 1366 (b. 1300)
Henry Suso, German priest and mystic (b. 1300)
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
d. 1431 (b. 1364)
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)