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- 1806
- Napoleon ousts Friedrich Wilhelm III of the Principality of Neuchâtel and installs Louis-Alexandre Berthier as prince.
- 1936
- The Gem Theatre opens in Detroit.
- 1942
- During World War II, Vancouver's Japantown neighborhood disappears overnight as the Canadian government forces ethnic Japanese to leave the British Columbia coast.
- 1968
- A reconstructed Our Lady of Light Parish Church is consecrated in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines.
- 1983
- In New South Wales, the North Coast Line's Telegraph Point Station closes after 66 years in operation.
- 1991
- In Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan, the Kokubu neighborhood adopts a new addressing system, being divided into the Chūō and Kokubu-Minami chōme.
- 2023
- A Lego store in Cologne moves across the street.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on February 25, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on February 25 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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