Page 2: Historical Events In February - 25

1727  On this day in history armand-Louis Couperin, composer   

1731  On this day in history simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer   

1732  Robert Hudson, composer on this day in history.   

1735  On this day in history ernst William Wolf, composer   

1746  Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen on this day in history.   

1751  On February - 25 first performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1¢)   

1751  1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent) on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru   

1788  Mateo Ferrer, composer on February - 25.   

1791  On this day in history 1st Bank of US chartered   

1793  On this day in history uS President George Washington and his department heads hold their first Cabinet meeting.   

1793  1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) on this day in history.   

1794  On February - 25 gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam   

1797  Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain on February - 25.   

1799  On this day in history congress passes first federal quarantine legislation   

1799  1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states   

1804  Jefferson nominated for President at Democratic-Republican caucus on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history george Alfred Trenholm, Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876   

1808  James Bowen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history george Washington Cullom, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892   

1811  On this day in history carl Schuberth, composer   

1814  On February - 25 taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) [OS]   

1815  On this day in history robert Hall Chilton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1826  On this day in history piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60   

1828  On this day in history john Quincy Adam's son John marries in the White House   

1828  John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House on February - 25.   

1830  Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1832  Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer (Bibliotheca Belgian) on February - 25.   

1833  Clement Anselm Evans, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911 on this day in history.   

1836  On February - 25 samuel Colt patents first revolving barrel multishot firearm   

1836  On this day in history samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm   

1837  The first US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport on February - 25.   

1837  On this day in history 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport   

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1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on February - 25.   

1591  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.   

1643  On February - 25 birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on February - 25.   

1680  On February - 25 birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on February - 25.   

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on February - 25.   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on February - 25.   

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

1553  On February - 25 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on February - 25.