Infogalactic:Anniversary/February 25

February 26

• 138 – The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
• 1631 – François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, is arrested on Richelieu's orders.
• 1797 – Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000–1500 soldiers surrender after the Last invasion of Britain.
• 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
• 1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
• 1916 – World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.
• 1956 – In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.

• More anniversaries:
  • February 25
  • February 26
  • February 27