Famous Deaths In February - 25

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on February - 25.  

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  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.  

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

1536  On this day in history death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)  

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on February - 25.  

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on February - 25.  

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.  

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

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

1723  On February - 25 christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90  

1756  On February - 25 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  Death of Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) on this day in history.  

1851  Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 on February - 25.  

1852  On this day in history thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies  

1860  Death of Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) on this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47  

1894  On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51  

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

1901  On February - 25 jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71  

1902  Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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  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 February - 25 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 this day in history.  

1663  On this day in history birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)  

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

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.  

1692  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)