Template:On this day - February 25

Alfonso X the Wise

• 52 a. C. – Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus is elected sole consul of the Roman Empire.
• 138 – The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, granting him the tribunicia potestas and the imperium, effectively making him his successor.
• 1018 – Death of Ramón Borrell, Count of Barcelona, Gerona and Osona and Duke of Hispania Citerior.
• 1119 – In the Upper March of Al-Andalus, Alfonso I the Battler conquers Tudela.
• 1281 – Alfonso X the Wise publishes the first Maritime Ordinances of Castile, which regulated all activities related to the sea, such as fishing, trade, port traffic, salvage, hierarchy, rights and obligations aboard ships, and even the creation, development and maintenance of a Castilian Navy.
• 1554 – In the Captaincy General of Chile, the Mapuche leader Lautaro attacks the city of Concepción.
• 1600 – Death of Sebastián de Aparicio, Spanish Franciscan missionary (b. 1502).
• 1778 – Birth of José de San Martín, whose military campaigns, financed by the British government, were decisive for the independence of Argentina, Chile and Peru (d. 1850).
• 1803 – Death of Pablo de Olavide, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1725).
• 1830 – In Argentina, the Battle of Oncativo or Laguna Larga is fought, in which the army of the Federalists, led by Facundo Quiroga, is defeated by that of the Unitarians under the command of José María Paz.
• 1874 – In Spain, the Carlist troops win the Battle of Somorrostro.
• 1906 – Miguel de Unamuno gives a lecture at the Teatro de la Zarzuela entitled La crisis del patriotismo.
• 1907 – The Barcelona Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by José Lassalle, is presented in the Ciudad Condal.
• 1908 – A Red Book on the affairs of Morocco is published in Spain.
• 1908 – In Spain, a statistical study highlights that during the previous year 82,606 Spaniards between the ages of 15 and 35 emigrated.
• 1918 – Amado Nervo published his book of poems Plenitud at the Tipografía Artística Cervantes in Madrid.
• 1932 – In Spain, the republican Cortes pass the Divorce Law, the first in the country's history.
• 1963 – At the Casón del Buen Retiro in Madrid, the exhibition Oro del Perú (Gold of Peru) opens.
• 1981 – In Spain, Generals Jaime Milans del Bosch, Captain General of Valencia, and Alfonso Armada y Comyn, second-in-command of the High General Staff, are accused of taking part in the coup d'état of the 23rd.
• 1986 – In the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos goes into exile.
• 1990 – In Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro (of the UNO) wins the elections.
• 2003 – In Caracas, explosions occur at the embassy of Spain and the Colombian consulate. The State blames retired military officers involved in the 2002 coup.
• 2014 – Death of Paco de Lucía, Spanish musician and composer, considered the greatest flamenco guitarist of all time (b. 1947).