Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  On February - 25 death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

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 February - 25.  

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar  

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

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

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on this day in history.  

1601  Death of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth on February - 25.  

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  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1655  Death of Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) on February - 25.  

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  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 February - 25.  

1756  Death of Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693) on February - 25.  

1798  Death of Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

1805  On February - 25 death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)  

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 February - 25.  

1852  Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies on February - 25.  

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  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1901  Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1906  Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 on February - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

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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 February - 25.  

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)