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25 February| 25 February 1634 | Holy Roman Empire, Hungary [political events] | When General Albrecht von Wallenstein and his aides are murdered by garrison officers at Eger following his dismissal, the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II appoints his son Ferdinand, king of Hungary, as commander-in-chief of the imperial army, creating a situation in which a revival of Habsburg fortunes can occur. | | 25 February 1723 | England [births and deaths] | Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and geometrician, who designed Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, England, and over 50 other London churches, and founded the Royal Society, dies in London, England (91). | | 25 February 1803 | Oberpfalz, Germany [political events] | The Enactment of Delegates of the Empire (Reichdeputationshauptschluss) at the Diet (legislative assembly) of Regensburg, Oberpfalz, reconstructs the German states. Most of the ecclesiastical estates, free imperial cities, and smaller princes lose their independence, while Bavaria and Prussia greatly improve their positions in a reorganization that proves to be a step towards eventual German unification. Under the Treaty of Lunéville (February 1802) those states and rulers who lost territory on the west bank of the Rhine were to be compensated with indemnities and territory east of the Rhine. In practice this means that the highly complex medieval arrangements are more practically reconfigured to the satisfaction of the leading rulers. | | 25 February 1841 | France [births and deaths] | Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter, born in Limoges, France (–1919). | | 25 February 1885 | Africa, Germany [colonization] | Germany annexes Tanganyika and Zanzibar, forming German East Africa and continuing its expansion into East Africa. | | 25 February 1921 | Georgia, Russia [political events] | A Bolshevik government is established in the republic of Georgia. | | 25 February 1956 | USSR [political events] | The general secretary of the Communist Party in the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev, denounces former leader Joseph Stalin and his policies, at a closed session of the 20th Conference of the Communist Party. The speech is made public on 18 March. | | 25 February 2001 | Australia [births and deaths] | Donald Bradman, the Australian batsman considered to be the greatest cricketer of the 20th century, dies in Adelaide, Australia (92). |
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