Events & Holidays In February - 25

National Day (Kuwait)

Norriture Rituelle des sources têt d' l'eau (Haiti)

Revolution Day (Suriname)

Special Holiday Choiseul Province (Solomon Islands)

1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

1635  On this day in history birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen   

1643  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  On this day in history birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on this day in history.   

1246  On this day in history death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  On this day in history hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  On this day in history death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

1553  On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on this day in history.