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02/25/0779
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Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies
Type: Death
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02/25/1095
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Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus
Type: Event
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02/25/1247
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Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
Type: Death
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02/25/1358
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Dalmati‰ flees Venice
Type: Event
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02/25/1495
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Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
Type: Death
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02/25/1497
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Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France
Type: Event
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02/25/1502
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Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats govt machine
Type: Event
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02/25/1540
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Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola M‚xico
Type: Event
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02/25/1570
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Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance
Type: Event
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02/25/1601
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Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
Type: Death
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02/25/1602
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Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51
Type: Death
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02/25/1605
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Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen
Type: Event
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02/25/1623
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Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts
Type: Event
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02/25/1634
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Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein
Type: Event
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02/25/1634
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Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50
Type: Death
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02/25/1634
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Van Friedland/Mecklenburg, general-admiral, dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/25/1635
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Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen
Type: Birth
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02/25/1643
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Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-indians
Type: Event
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02/25/1643
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Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)
Type: Birth
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02/25/1643
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Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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02/25/1667
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Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River
Type: Event
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02/25/1680
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Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1682
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Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37
Type: Death
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02/25/1707
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Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright (Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges)
Type: Birth
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02/25/1713
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Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
Type: Death
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02/25/1719
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Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/25/1723
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Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90
Type: Death
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02/25/1725
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Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame)
Type: Birth
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02/25/1725
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Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (Geistliche Kantaten)
Type: Birth
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02/25/1727
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Armand-Louis Couperin, composer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1731
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Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1732
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Robert Hudson, composer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1735
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Ernst William Wolf, composer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1746
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Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen
Type: Event
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02/25/1751
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1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1›)
Type: Event
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02/25/1778
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Jos‚ Francisco de San Mart¡n, liberated Argentina, Chile and Per£
Type: Birth
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02/25/1788
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Mateo Ferrer, composer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1791
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1st Bank of US chartered
Type: Event
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02/25/1793
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1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home)
Type: Event
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02/25/1794
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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam
Type: Birth
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02/25/1799
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1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
Type: Event
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02/25/1799
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Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
Type: Event
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02/25/1803
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1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states
Type: Event
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02/25/1804
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Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus
Type: Event
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02/25/1807
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George Alfred Trenholm, Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876
Type: Birth
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02/25/1808
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James Bowen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
Type: Birth
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02/25/1809
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George Washington Cullom, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
Type: Birth
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02/25/1811
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Carl Schuberth, composer
Type: Birth
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02/25/1814
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Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) [OS]
Type: Birth
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02/25/1815
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Robert Hall Chilton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
Type: Birth
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