Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

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  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.  

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar  

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.  

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

1602  On February - 25 everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 February - 25.  

1805  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)  

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

1852  Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies on February - 25.  

1860  Death of Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) on this day in history.  

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

1894  On February - 25 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  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  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 February - 25.  

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1398  On this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)  

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.  

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.  

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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.  

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.