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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of william Lilye, English classical scholar  

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

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

1558  On February - 25 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)  

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 February - 25 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 this day in history 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  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  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 on February - 25.  

1723  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)  

1851  On this day in history ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53  

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

1860  Death of Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) on February - 25.  

1865  On February - 25 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  Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies on February - 25.  

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

1902  Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 on February - 25.  

1906  Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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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 February - 25.  

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1682  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)  

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on February - 25.