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

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on February - 25.  

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

1601  On February - 25 death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth  

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

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

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

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

1682  On February - 25 death of alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37  

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

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

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

1723  On February - 25 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  Death of Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716) on February - 25.  

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  Death of Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) on this day in history.  

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

1852  Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies on this day in history.  

1860  On February - 25 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  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on February - 25.  

1914  On February - 25 john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93  

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1398  On February - 25 birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)  

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

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

1643  On February - 25 birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)  

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)  

1680  On February - 25 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.