Historical Events In February - 25

1838  Canadian militia routs American republican sympathizers on Fighting Island, in the Detroit River on this day in history.  

1838  On February - 25 london pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours  

1839  On this day in history seminoles &black allies shipped from Tampa Bay FL, to the West  

1839  On February - 25 seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West  

1840  On this day in history alexis Hollander, composer  

1841  On this day in history the birth of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artist  

1841  Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor on February - 25.  

1842  On this day in history karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)  

1847  On this day in history state University of Iowa is approved  

1847  John Watson, Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism) on this day in history.  

1851  On February - 25 ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53  

1852  On this day in history thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies  

1855  On February - 25 george Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)  

1856  Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876] on February - 25.  

1859  1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence on this day in history.  

1860  Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter on this day in history.  

1862  Congress establishes the US Bureau of Engraving &Printing on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln  

1862  Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving & Printing on February - 25.  

1863  Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency on this day in history.  

1865  Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher  

1868  On this day in history andrew Johnson impeached for violation of the Tenure of Office act  

1868  On February - 25 anthony J Block, Dutch lawyer (strafproces)  

1870  On this day in history hiram Revels, Mississippi, is sworn in as first black member of Congress (Senator)  

1870  Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS) on February - 25.  

1871  On this day in history oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US Open-1890)  

1873  On February - 25 the birth of Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor  

1873  On February - 25 enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust)  

1875  On February - 25 kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill  

1876  On this day in history charles Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1856]  

1879  Congress passed first Timberland Protection Act on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act  

1879  Otakar Ostrcil, composer on February - 25.  

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1398  On this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)  

1591  On February - 25 birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)  

1635  On this day in history birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen  

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on this day in history.  

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.  

1680  On this day in history birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer  

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

1692  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)  

0779  On this day in history walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies  

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

1247  On February - 25 hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies  

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

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on February - 25.  

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

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