Template:Selected anniversaries/February 25

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  • 1572: Astronomer Tycho Brahe uses scrying engine make improved astronomical observations.

    1572: Astronomer Tycho Brahe uses scrying engine make improved astronomical observations.

  • 1836: Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

    1836: Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

  • 1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1864: Wallace War-Heels rescues lost band of travellers, gets them safely to Kansas City, then robs them of one-third of their money and possessions.

    1864: Wallace War-Heels rescues lost band of travellers, gets them safely to Kansas City, then robs them of one-third of their money and possessions.

  • 1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

    1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

  • 1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

    1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

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