February 25

Today in History
• 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
• 1502 - Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine
• 1570 - Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy
• 1605 - Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen
• 1643 - Pavonia Massacre: Dutch U.S. colonists kill Algonquin-indians
• 1791 - 1st Bank of US chartered
• 1799 - 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
• 1799 - US Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Choiseul Province Day
• Day of Liberation and Innovation
• EDSA Revolution Anniversary
• Let's All Eat Right Day
• National Chocolate Covered Nut Day
• National Day Kuwait
• People Power Anniversary
• Quiet Day

Birthdays
• 1398 - Xuande, 5th Ming Emperor of China (1425-35)
• 1635 - Walraad, the Elder, Dutch Field Marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen
• 1643 - Ahmed II, 21st Sultan of Turkey (1691-95)
• 1714 - Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, British admiral (captured Spanish treasure galleon)
• 1714 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France
• 1778 - José de San Martín, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule
• 1794 - Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam
• 1888 - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953 - 1959