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The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
Year 493
Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theoderic the Great.
Year 1336
Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
Year 1797
Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last invasion of Britain.
Year 1831
Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, part of Polish November Uprising against Russian Empire.
Year 1843
Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
Year 1848
Provisional government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers' rights.
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Birthdays on 25 February 187
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Former Deposed Emperor of Liu Song
b. 449 – d. 466
Emperor Qianfei, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (d. 466)
Blanche of Portugal (1259-1321)
b. 1259 – d. 1321
Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1259)
Ibn Battuta
b. 1304
Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg
b. 1337 – d. 1383
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1383)
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Al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din
b. 1473 – d. 1555
Al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din, Imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen (d. 1555)
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
b. 1475 – d. 1499
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
b. 1540 – d. 1614
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1540)
Sharaf Khan Bidlisi
b. 1543 – d. 1603
Sharaf Khan Bidlisi, Emir of Bitlis (d. 1603)
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Magdalene of Lippe
b. 1552 – d. 1587
Magdalene of Lippe (d. 1587)
Friedrich Spee
b. 1591 – d. 1635
Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
Ahmed II
b. 1643 – d. 1695
Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1695)
Thomas Newcomen
b. 1644 – d. 1729
Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
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Emperor Dezong of Tang
d. 805 (b. 742)
Emperor Dezong of Tang (d. 805)
Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople
d. 806
Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople
Fujiwara no Mototsune
d. 891 (b. 836)
Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (b. 836)
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Lin Ding
d. 944
Lin Ding, Chinese official and chancellor
Dafydd ap Llywelyn
d. 1246 (b. 1212)
Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh king (b. 1212)
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Beatrice d'Avesnes
d. 1321
Beatrice d'Avesnes, consort of Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
Sultan Cem
d. 1495 (b. 1459)
Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (b. 1459)
William Lily (grammarian)
d. 1522 (b. 1468)
William Lily, English scholar and educator (b. 1468)
Berchtold Haller
d. 1536 (b. 1492)
Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)
Jacob Hutter
d. 1536
Jacob Hutter, founder of the Hutterites
Vittoria Colonna
d. 1547 (b. 1490)
Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)
Eleanor of Austria
d. 1558 (b. 1498)
Eleanor of Austria (b. 1498)