Famous Deaths In February - 25

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on February - 25.  

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on February - 25.  

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

1495  On February - 25 djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35  

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.  

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.  

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

1558  On February - 25 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)  

1601  Death of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51  

1634  On February - 25 death of albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50  

1643  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 on February - 25.  

1655  Death of Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) on February - 25.  

1682  Death of Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 on February - 25.  

1713  On this day in history frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55  

1715  Death of Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

1719  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1723  On February - 25 christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90  

1756  On this day in history death of eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)  

1798  On this day in history death of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)  

1805  Death of Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722) on February - 25.  

1826  Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1850  Death of Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) on February - 25.  

1851  On this day in history ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53  

1852  On February - 25 thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies  

1860  On February - 25 death of chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)  

1865  On February - 25 otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47  

1894  On February - 25 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51  

1899  Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies on February - 25.  

1901  Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 on February - 25.  

1902  Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1906  On February - 25 anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44  

1912  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1914  John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 on February - 25.  

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1398  On this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)  

1591  On February - 25 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 February - 25 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  On this day in history birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer  

1682  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)  

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on February - 25.