Historical Events In February - 25
Thursday, 05 February 2026
0138 In this year, The Emperor Hadrian formally adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 

0779 Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies 

1095 Council of Rockingham bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus. 

1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus 

1246 Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd. 

1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies 

1358 Dalmatie flees Venice 

1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35. 

1497 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France 

1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine 

1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats govt machine 

1522 William Lilye, English classical scholar. 

1540 Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico 

1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance 

1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth. 

1602 Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 

1605 Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen. 

1623 Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria is recorded as becoming monarch of Palts. 

1634 Irish captain Walter Devereaux results in the deaths of duke Wallenstein. 

1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 

1635 Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen. 

1643 Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-Indians. 

1643 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95). 

1643 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60. 

1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River 

1680 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer 

1682 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 

1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright (Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges) 

1713 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55. 

1719 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66. 

1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 

1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame). 

1727 Armand-Louis Couperin, composer. 

1731 Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer 

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