Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.  

1247  On February - 25 hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies  

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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

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

1553  On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)  

1558  On this day in history death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)  

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

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640) on February - 25.  

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

1723  On this day in history christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90  

1756  On February - 25 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 this day in history death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)  

1826  On February - 25 piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60  

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 this day in history otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47  

1894  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on February - 25.  

1899  On February - 25 paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies  

1901  Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 on February - 25.  

1902  On February - 25 carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77  

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 February - 25 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 February - 25.  

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on February - 25.  

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

1680  On February - 25 birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer  

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 February - 25.