Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  On this day in history death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.  

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  On this day in history death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)  

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

1558  On February - 25 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 February - 25.  

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1634  Death of Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60  

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 February - 25.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1805  Death of Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722) on this day in history.  

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 February - 25.  

1852  On February - 25 thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies  

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 this day in history 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 February - 25.  

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  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on February - 25.  

1914  John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 on February - 25.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 25.  

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1682  On February - 25 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)