Famous Deaths Happened In February - 25

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

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 this day in history.   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1643  On February - 25 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60   

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

1682  Death of Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 on February - 25.   

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 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 February - 25.   

1805  Death of Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722) on February - 25.   

1826  Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60 on February - 25.   

1850  Death of Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

1899  Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies on this day in history.   

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

1902  On this day in history carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77   

1906  On February - 25 anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44   

1912  On February - 25 death of guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)   

1914  On February - 25 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  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 this day in history.   

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

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