Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 25: Difference between revisions
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{{*mp}} [[138]] - [[Hadrian]] adopted '''[[Antoninus Pius]]''', making him heir. |
{{*mp}} [[138]] - [[Hadrian]] adopted '''[[Antoninus Pius]]''', making him heir. |
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{{*mp}} [[1912]] - '''[[Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Marie-Adélaïde]]''', the eldest of six daughters of [[Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume IV]], became the first reigning [[Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg|Grand Duchess]] of [[Luxembourg]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1912]] - '''[[Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Marie-Adélaïde]]''', the eldest of six daughters of [[Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume IV]], became the first reigning [[Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg|Grand Duchess]] of [[Luxembourg]]. |
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'''[[February 25]]''': [[National Day]] in '''[[Kuwait]]''' ([[1950]]) |
'''[[February 25]]''': [[National Day]] in '''[[Kuwait]]''' ([[1950]]) |
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{{*mp}} [[1570]] - [[Pope Pius V]] issued the [[papal bull]] '''''[[Regnans in Excelsis]]''''' to [[Excommunication|excommunicate]] [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and her followers in the [[Church of England]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1570]] - [[Pope Pius V]] ''(pictured)'' issued the [[papal bull]] '''''[[Regnans in Excelsis]]''''' to [[Excommunication|excommunicate]] [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and her followers in the [[Church of England]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1836]] - [[Samuel Colt]] |
{{*mp}} [[1836]] - [[Samuel Colt]] received a [[patent]] for a "revolving gun", later known as a '''[[revolver]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1921]] - The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] occupied the '''[[Democratic Republic of Georgia]]''', [[Annexation|annexing]] it into a new [[Georgian SSR|Soviet Socialist Republic]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1921]] - The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Red Army]] occupied the '''[[Democratic Republic of Georgia]]''', [[Annexation|annexing]] it into a new [[Georgian SSR|Soviet Socialist Republic]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1951]] - The first '''[[Pan American Games]]''' [[1951 Pan American Games|opened]]<!--Not bolded, currently tagged for cleanup--> in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1951]] - The first '''[[Pan American Games]]''' [[1951 Pan American Games|opened]]<!--Not bolded, currently tagged for cleanup--> in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. |
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Revision as of 03:26, 23 February 2007
February 25: National Day in Kuwait (1950)
- 1570 - Pope Pius V (pictured) issued the papal bull Regnans in Excelsis to excommunicate Queen Elizabeth I and her followers in the Church of England.
- 1836 - Samuel Colt received a patent for a "revolving gun", later known as a revolver.
- 1921 - The Soviet Red Army occupied the Democratic Republic of Georgia, annexing it into a new Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 1951 - The first Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1986 - EDSA Revolution: Corazon Aquino was inaugurated as President of the Philippines, as Ferdinand Marcos fled the nation after 20 years of rule.
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