Events & Holidays In February - 25

National Day (Kuwait)

Norriture Rituelle des sources têt d' l'eau (Haiti)

Revolution Day (Suriname)

Special Holiday Choiseul Province (Solomon Islands)

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

1643  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)  

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

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.  

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

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

1247  On this day in history hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies  

1495  On this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35  

1522  On this day in history death of william Lilye, English classical scholar  

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history 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.