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Famous Deaths In February - 25

Sunday, 19 May 2013

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

1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.

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

1558 On this day in history death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)

1601 On this day in history death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth

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

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 this day in history.

1655 Death of Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) on this day in history.

1682 On this day in history death of alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37

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

1715 On this day in history death of pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)

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

1723 On this day in history 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 Death of Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716) on this day in history.

1805 On this day in history death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)

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 this day in history.

1851 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.

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

1860 On this day in history death of chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)

1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 on this day in history.

1894 On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51

1899 On this day in history paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies

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

1902 On this day in history carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77

1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 on this day in history.

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

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

1915 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

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

1591 Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on this day in history.

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 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 this day in history.