Famous Deaths Happened In February - 25

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

1246  On February - 25 death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  On February - 25 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1602  Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 on February - 25.   

1634  Death of Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 on February - 25.   

1643  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60   

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

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  On February - 25 death of pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)   

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 February - 25.   

1798  On February - 25 death of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)   

1805  On February - 25 death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)   

1826  On this day in history piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60   

1850  On this day in history death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)   

1851  Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 on February - 25.   

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

1860  On this day in history 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 this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

1899  On February - 25 paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies   

1901  On February - 25 jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71   

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

1906  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1591  On February - 25 birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on this day in history.   

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on February - 25.   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On February - 25 birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

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 February - 25.