Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 25
- 1570 - Pope Pius V issued the papal bull Regnans in Excelsis to excommunicate Queen Elizabeth I and her followers in the Church of England.
- 1836 - Samuel Colt received a patent for the revolver.
- 1912 - Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of William IV, became the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
- 1921 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia was occupied by the Soviet Red Army.
- 1986 - EDSA Revolution: Corazón Aquino was inaugurated as President of the Philippines, as Ferdinand Marcos fled the nation after 20 years of rule.
Recent days: February 24 – February 23 – February 22