Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  On February - 25 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 February - 25 djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35  

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

1536  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)  

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

1602  On this day in history everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51  

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1634  On February - 25 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  On this day in history frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55  

1715  Death of Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640) on February - 25.  

1719  On this day in history giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66  

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

1756  On February - 25 death of eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)  

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

1805  On this day in history death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)  

1826  Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60 on February - 25.  

1850  On February - 25 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)  

1851  On February - 25 ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53  

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

1860  On February - 25 death of chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)  

1865  On February - 25 otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47  

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 this day in history jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71  

1902  Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 on February - 25.  

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

1912  On this day in history death of guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)  

1914  On this day in history john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93  

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

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 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  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on February - 25.  

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.