SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Today is Saturday, February 25, the 56th day of 2017. There are 309 days left in the year.

1497 — Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France

1502 — Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine

1605 — Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen

1623— Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts

1634 — Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein

1643 — Dutch U.S. colonists kill Algonquin-Indians

1667 — Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River

1746 — Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen

1791 — First Bank of US chartered

1793 — First cabinet meeting (At George Washington’s home)