Births on September 25

Georg August Rudolph

Born on September 25, 1816

Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (d. 1893)

Georg August Rudolph (25 September 1816 in Kassel – 13 December 1893 in Marburg) was a German politician and from 4 December 1856 until 2 August 1884 mayor of Marburg.

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Events on 1816

20 Feb

The Barber of Seville
Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
10 Apr

Second Bank of the United States
The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
22 May

Ely and Littleport riots of 1816
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.
5 Aug

Electrical telegraph
The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
14 Aug

Cape Colony
The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.

Births on September 25

Georg August Rudolph

Born on September 25, 1816

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Events on 1816

The Barber of Seville

Second Bank of the United States

Ely and Littleport riots of 1816

Electrical telegraph

Cape Colony