Famous Deaths In February - 25

0779  On February - 25 walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

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 February - 25 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 February - 25.   

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  On this day in history death of albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50   

1643  On February - 25 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60   

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  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 on February - 25.   

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

1719  On February - 25 giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66   

1723  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1798  Death of Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716) on February - 25.   

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

1826  On February - 25 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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1912  On February - 25 death of guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)   

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 February - 25.   

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

1635  On February - 25 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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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.