February 25

in History

Rome, Roman EmpireClassical

138

Hadrian Adopts Antoninus

An emperor secures Rome's golden succession

Ailing Emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius as his son and successor, following the untimely death of his first chosen heir. This act of adoption would prove one of the most consequential decisions in Roman history, inaugurating a line of philosopher-emperors known as the Antonine dynasty. Under Antoninus and his successors, the Roman Empire would experience its longest period of stability and prosperity, the age the historian Edward Gibbon called humanity's happiest.

138 AD

Queensland, AustraliaEarly 20th Century

1901

Vince Gair Was Born

A future premier of Queensland arrives

Vince Gair was born in Australia, a future politician who would serve as the twenty-seventh Premier of Queensland. His political career spanned decades of Australian public life, navigating the complex currents of Labor and Democratic Labor politics. Gair's tenure as premier was marked by both progressive reforms and the fractious splits that characterized Australian politics in the mid-twentieth century.

1901 AD

Late 20th Century

1951

Pan American Games

The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.

1951 AD