Editing February 25 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 138|138]] &ndash; [[Roman emperor]] [[Hadrian]] adopts [[Antoninus Pius]] as his son, effectively making him his successor.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Journal of Roman Studies |year=1930 |publisher=Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies |location=London |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFs8AAAAMAAJ |access-date=2019-02-25 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120519/https://books.google.com/books?id=YFs8AAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[628]] &ndash; [[Khosrow II]], the last great Shah of the [[Sasanian Empire]] (Iran), is overthrown by his son [[Kavadh II]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Morony |first=Michael G. |title=Iraq After the Muslim Conquest |year=2005 |publisher=Gorgias Press |location=Piscataway, New Jersey |page=92 |isbn=978-15-93333-15-7}}</ref>
*[[1336]] &ndash; Four thousand defenders of [[Pilenai]] commit [[mass suicide]] rather than be taken captive by the [[Teutonic Knights]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1705]] &ndash;  [[George Frideric Handel]]'s opera ''[[Handel's lost Hamburg operas#Nero|Nero]]'' premiered in [[Hamburg]].<ref>{{cite book
|last= Lang
|first= Paul Henry
|title= George Frideric Handel
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9aK8AQAAQBAJ
|publisher= Dover Publications
|location= New York
|year= 1996
|page=35
|isbn= 0-486-29227-4}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Samuel Colt]] is granted a United States [[patent]] for his [[revolver]] firearm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.edn.com/samuel-colt-receives-patent-for-his-revolver-february-25-1836/ |title=Samuel Colt receives patent for his revolver, February 25, 1836 |publisher=Electrical Design News (EDN) |location=Englewood, Colorado |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706043402/https://www.edn.com/samuel-colt-receives-patent-for-his-revolver-february-25-1836/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Lord George Paulet]] occupies the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] in the name of Great Britain in the [[Paulet affair]].<ref>{{cite book |title=British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 31 |year=1858 |publisher=Foreign Office |location=London |chapter=Correspondence relating to the Provisional Cession of the Sandwich Islands to great Britain. February 1843 |pages=1023–1029 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1023 |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2020-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901140337/https://books.google.com/books?id=1qADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Hiram Rhodes Revels]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from [[Mississippi]], is sworn into the [[United States Senate]], becoming the first [[African American]] ever to sit in [[United States Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000166 |title=Revels, Hiram Rhodes (1827–1901) |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=Office of the House Historian, United States Congress |location=Washington, DC |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629155153/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000166 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Guangxu Emperor]] of [[Qing dynasty]] China begins his reign, under [[Empress Dowager Cixi]]'s regency.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guangxu |title=Guangxu |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310180333/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guangxu |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Marie-Adélaïde]], the eldest of six daughters of [[Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume IV]], becomes the first reigning [[Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duchess]] of [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=S.A.R. la Grande-Duchesse Marie-Adélaïde {{!}} Cour grand-ducale|url=https://www.monarchie.lu/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.monarchie.lu|language=fr|archive-date=2007-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523094915/http://www.monarchie.lu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: In the [[Battle of Verdun]], a German unit captures [[Fort Douaumont]], keystone of the French defences, without a fight.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-battle-of-verdun |last=Wakefield |first=Alan |title=What was the Battle of Verdun? |publisher=Imperial War Museum |location=London |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706160534/https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-battle-of-verdun |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: German forces capture [[Tallinn]] to virtually complete the [[German occupation of Estonia during World War I|occupation of Estonia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baltdefcol.org/files/docs/bdreview/bdr-2002-8-11.pdf |last=Parrott |first=Andrew |title=The Baltic States from 1914 to 1923: The First World War and the Wars of Independence |page=139 |work=Baltic Defence Review |issue=8 |volume=2 |year=2002 |publisher=Baltic Defence College |location=Tartu, Estonia |access-date=2020-07-06 |archive-date=2020-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706144933/https://www.baltdefcol.org/files/docs/bdreview/bdr-2002-8-11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Democratic Republic of Georgia|Georgian]] capital [[Tbilisi]] falls to the [[Red Army invasion of Georgia|invading Russian forces]] after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lang |first=David Marshall |author-link=David Marshall Lang |title=A Modern History of Soviet Georgia |year=1962 |publisher=Grove Press |location=New York City |pages=234–236 |asin=B000WAJSKG}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]], having been [[Statelessness|stateless]] for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a [[Free State of Brunswick|Brunswick]] state official by [[Dietrich Klagges]], a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for [[President of Germany (1919–1945)|Reichspräsident]] in the 1932 election.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/revoking-the-fuehrer-s-passport-hitler-may-be-stripped-of-german-citizenship-a-471168.html |last=Hinrichs |first=Per |title=Hitler May Be Stripped of German Citizenship |date=12 March 2007 |work=Spiegel International |publisher=Spiegel Gruppe |location=Hamburg |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042637/https://www.spiegel.de/international/revoking-the-fuehrer-s-passport-hitler-may-be-stripped-of-german-citizenship-a-471168.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; Launch of the {{USS|Ranger|CV-4|6}} at [[Newport News, Virginia]]. It is the first purpose-built [[aircraft carrier]] to be commissioned by the [[US Navy]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cressman |first=Robert J. |title=USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934–1946 |year=2003 |publisher=Potomac Books |location=Dulles, Virginia |pages=3–6 |isbn=978-15-74887-20-4}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; As part of [[Air Raid Precautions|British air raid precautions]], the first of 2.5 million [[Air raid shelter|Anderson shelters]] is constructed in a garden in [[Islington]], north London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.andersonshelters.org.uk/history.html |last=Stanley |first=Martin |title=History |work=Anderson Shelters |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725011018/https://www.andersonshelters.org.uk/history.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; The outlawed [[Communist Party of the Netherlands]] organises a [[February strike|general strike]] in German-occupied [[Amsterdam]] to protest against Nazi persecution of [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Dutch Jews]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2016-02-25/ty-article/1941-dutch-strike-against-nazi-abuses-of-jews/0000017f-db74-d3ff-a7ff-fbf4f1520000 |last=Green |first=David B. |title=The Dutch Strike Against Nazi Abuses of Jews |date=25 February 2016 |publisher=Haaretz |location=Tel Aviv |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225095351/https://www.haaretz.com/amp/jewish/1941-dutch-strike-against-nazi-abuses-of-jews-1.5408917 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; The formal [[abolition of Prussia]] is proclaimed by the [[Allied Control Council]], the Prussian government having already been abolished by the ''[[Preußenschlag]]'' of 1932.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1947v02/d327 |title=The Acting Political Adviser for Germany (Muccio) to the Secretary of State |work=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Council of Foreign Ministers; Germany and Austria, Volume II |publisher=Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State |location=Washington, DC |year=1947 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709100915/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1947v02/d327 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; Soviet [[NKVD]] forces in [[Second Hungarian Republic|Hungary]] abduct [[Béla Kovács (politician, 1908)|Béla Kovács]]—secretary-general of the majority [[Independent Smallholders' Party]]—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the [[Hungarian Communist Party|Communist]] takeover of Hungary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rev.hu/history_of_56/szerviz/kislex/biograf/kovacs.htm |title=Béla Kovács |work=The History of the 1956 Revolution |publisher=The Institute for the History of the 1956 Revolution |location=Budapest |access-date=2021-02-25 |archive-date=2022-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102175441/http://www.rev.hu/history_of_56/szerviz/kislex/biograf/kovacs.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; In a [[1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by [[Klement Gottwald]], the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] takes control of government in [[Prague]] to end the [[Third Czechoslovak Republic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/who-lost-czechoslovakia |last=Steil |first=Benn |title=Who Lost Czechoslovakia? |publisher=History Today Ltd |location=London |date=9 May 2018 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707214733/https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/who-lost-czechoslovakia |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; The first [[Pan American Games]] are officially opened in [[Buenos Aires]] by Argentine President [[Juan Perón]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://la84.org/the-spirit-of-friendship-through-sports-poster-images-from-the-pan-american-games-1951-1999/ |title=The Spirit of Friendship Through Sports: Poster Images from the Pan-American Games, 1951–1999 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |location=Los Angeles |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707183929/https://la84.org/the-spirit-of-friendship-through-sports-poster-images-from-the-pan-american-games-1951-1999/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; In his speech ''[[On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences]]'', [[Nikita Khrushchev]], leader of the [[Soviet Union]], denounces [[Stalin]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medvedev |first1=Roy |last2=Medvedev |first2=Zhores |editor-last=Dahrendorf |editor-first=Ellen |title=The Unknown Stalin: His Life, Death and Legacy |year=2004 |publisher=Overlook Press |location=Woodstock, New York |page=102 |isbn=978-15-85676-44-6}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; The government of [[Suriname]] is [[1980 Surinamese coup d'état|overthrown by a military coup]] led by [[Dési Bouterse]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Suriname83eng/intro.htm |title=Human Rights in Suriname |publisher=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |location=Washington, DC |date=5 October 1983 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924213204/http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Suriname83eng/intro.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[People Power Revolution]]: President of the Philippines [[Ferdinand Marcos]] flees the nation after 20 years of rule; [[Corazon Aquino]] becomes the [[Philippines]]' first female president.<ref>{{cite book |last=Crisostomo |first=Isabelo T. |title=Cory, Profile of a President: The Historic Rise to Power of Corazon |year=1987 |publisher=Branden Books |location=Wellesley, Massachusetts |page=257 |isbn=978-08-28319-13-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW_ddLowBYkC&q=Cory+Aquino+in+Club+Filipino&pg=PA257 |access-date=2020-11-11 |archive-date=2021-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204034104/https://books.google.com/books?id=iW_ddLowBYkC&q=Cory+Aquino+in+Club+Filipino&pg=PA257 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; Disbandment of the [[Warsaw Pact]] at a meeting of its members in [[Budapest]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0226/odate.html |title=Warsaw Pact and Comecon To Dissolve This Week |publisher=The Christian Science Monitor |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=26 February 1991 |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731122514/https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0226/odate.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; American-Israeli extremist [[Baruch Goldstein]] commits [[Cave of the Patriarchs massacre|a mass shooting]] at the [[Cave of the Patriarchs]] mausoleum, leaving 29 dead and over 100 injured before he was disarmed and beaten to death by survivors.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.haaretz.com/2010-02-28/ty-article/settlers-remember-gunman-goldstein-hebron-riots-continue/0000017f-e5dd-df5f-a17f-ffdf176c0000 | title=Settlers Remember Gunman Goldstein; Hebron Riots Continue | newspaper=Haaretz }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Minerva Airlines Flight 1553|Alitalia Flight 1553]] crashes at [[Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport]] in [[Genoa]], Italy, killing four.<ref name="asn">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 328-110 D-CPRR Genoa-Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990225-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309092453/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990225-0 |archive-date=2012-03-09 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash;  Soldiers of the [[Border Guard Bangladesh|Bangladesh Rifles]] [[Bangladesh Rifles revolt|mutiny]] at their headquarters in [[Pilkhana, Bangladesh|Pilkhana]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including 57 army officials.<ref name="CNN1">{{cite news |author=Ahmed |first=Saeed |date=26 February 2009 |title=Dozens feared dead in Bangladesh mutiny |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/bangladesh.gunbattle/index.html |work=CNN}}</ref>
*2009 &ndash;  [[Turkish Airlines Flight 1951]] crashed during landing at the [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam Schiphol Airport]], Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty [[Radar altimeter|radio altimeter]], resulting in the death of nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.<ref name="Fiorino">{{cite news |author=Fiorino |first=Frances |date=5 March 2009 |title=Boeing warns of possible 737 altimeter fault |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/ALT030509.xml&headline=Boeing%20Warns%20of%20Possible%20737%20Altimeter%20Fault |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322020140/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=comm&id=news%2FALT030509.xml&headline=Boeing%20Warns%20of%20Possible%20737%20Altimeter%20Fault |archive-date=22 March 2012 |publisher=Aviation Week |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash;  At least 310 people are killed in [[2015 Afghanistan avalanches|avalanches]] in northeastern [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2015 |title=Afghan avalanche death toll passes 220 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-avalanches-leave-more-than-220-dead/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=CBS News}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash;  Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in [[Hesston shootings|a series of shootings in the small Kansas cities of Newton and Hesston]].<ref name="nbc">{{cite web |date=February 25, 2016 |title=Four Dead, Including Gunman, 14 Injured in Kansas Shooting Rampage |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Hesston-Kansas-Active-Shooter-Shelter-in-Place-370193601.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_NYBrand |accessdate=February 25, 2016 |work=NBC New York}}</ref>