440 Historic Events for February 25
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| 1819 |
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Filinto El¡sio, [do Nascimento], Portuguese poet, dies at 84
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| 1826 |
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Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60
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| 1828 |
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John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House
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| 1830 |
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Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris
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| 1832 |
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Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer (Bibliotheca Belgian)
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| 1833 |
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Clement Anselm Evans, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
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| 1833 |
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Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress
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| 1836 |
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Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm
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| 1837 |
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1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
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| 1838 |
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London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
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| 1839 |
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Seminoles and black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West
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| 1840 |
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Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)
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| 1840 |
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Alexis Hollander, composer
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| 1841 |
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Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor
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| 1842 |
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Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)
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| 1847 |
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State University of Iowa is approved
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| 1847 |
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John Watson, Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism)
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| 1851 |
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Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53
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| 1852 |
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Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies
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| 1855 |
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George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)
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| 1856 |
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Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876]
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| 1859 |
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1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence
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| 1860 |
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William James Ashley, English economic-historian
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| 1860 |
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Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter
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| 1862 |
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Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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