Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1247  On February - 25 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  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.   

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

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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

1601  On February - 25 death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth   

1602  Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 25 death of alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37   

1713  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1756  On this day in history death of eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)   

1798  On this day in history death of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)   

1805  On February - 25 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  Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 on February - 25.   

1852  Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history death of chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)   

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  On this day in history paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies   

1901  On this day in history jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71   

1902  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)   

1914  On February - 25 john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93   

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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 February - 25.   

1643  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)