Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  On February - 25 death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.  

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 February - 25.  

1601  Death of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth on February - 25.  

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

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1634  On this day in history death of albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50  

1643  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1655  On February - 25 death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)  

1682  Death of Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 on this day in history.  

1713  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 on February - 25.  

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  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 on February - 25.  

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

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  On this day in history piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60  

1850  Death of Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) on February - 25.  

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 February - 25.  

1865  Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 on February - 25.  

1894  On February - 25 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51  

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 February - 25.  

1906  On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44  

1912  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 25.  

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.  

1682  On February - 25 birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)  

1692  On this day in history birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)