Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

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

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.  

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

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar  

1536  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)  

1553  On February - 25 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 February - 25.  

1601  Death of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth on February - 25.  

1602  Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 on this day in history.  

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1634  Death of Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1655  On this day in history death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)  

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

1713  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

1719  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 on February - 25.  

1723  On this day in history christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90  

1756  Death of Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693) on this day in history.  

1798  On February - 25 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 February - 25.  

1850  On February - 25 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)  

1851  On February - 25 ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53  

1852  On this day in history thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies  

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

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71  

1902  Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 on February - 25.  

1906  Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 on February - 25.  

1912  On this day in history death of guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)  

1914  On this day in history john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93  

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

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  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on this day in history.  

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on February - 25.  

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.  

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.