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

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.  

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.  

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

1553  On February - 25 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  Death of Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1826  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 February - 25.  

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

1899  Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies on February - 25.  

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

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  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history 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  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on this day in history.  

1635  On this day in history birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen  

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 this day in history.  

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