Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 25, 138 |
The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. |
Feb 25, 1095 |
Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus |
Feb 25, 1358 |
Dalmatie flees Venice |
Feb 25, 1497 |
Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France |
Feb 25, 1502 |
Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine |
Feb 25, 1540 |
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico |
Feb 25, 1570 |
Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth I, absolves her subjects from allegiance |
Feb 25, 1605 |
Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen |
Feb 25, 1623 |
Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts |
Feb 25, 1634 |
Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein |
Feb 25, 1643 |
Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-indians |
Feb 25, 1667 |
Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River |
Feb 25, 1746 |
Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen |
Feb 25, 1751 |
1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent) |
Feb 25, 1791 |
1st Bank of US chartered |
Feb 25, 1793 |
1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) |
Feb 25, 1795 |
French Politician and Educator Joseph Lakanal, defines on behalf of the French Revolution an "educational utopia" aiming to "put an end to inequalities of development that affected a citizen's capacities for judgment." |
Feb 25, 1797 |
Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain |
Feb 25, 1799 |
1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land |
Feb 25, 1799 |
Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation |
Feb 25, 1803 |
1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states |
Feb 25, 1804 |
Thomas Jefferson nominated for US President at Democratic-Republican caucus |
Feb 25, 1830 |
Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris |
Feb 25, 1836 |
Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm |
Feb 25, 1836 |
US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth. |
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