February 25th in History Part I

On February 25th in History 
Part I

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On February 25th in 1570 Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England and absolves her subjects from allegiance to the crown

On February 25th in 1643 Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-indians

On February 25th in 1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)

On February 25th in 1779 The British surrendered Fort Sackville

On February 25th in 1791 First Bank of the United States (The President, Directors and Company, of the Bank of the United States) was chartered by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Washington

On February 25th in 1793 1st US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington's home

On February 25th in 1795 French Politician and Educator Joseph Lakanal, defines on behalf of the French Revolution an “educational utopia” aiming to “put an end to inequalities of development that affected a citizen's capacities for judgment."

On February 25th in 1797 Colonel William Tate and his force of 1,000-1,500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain (according to legend, to a bunch of Welsh women in tall black hats whom the invaders mistook for the elite guards regiment)

On February 25th in 1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land

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