Famous Deaths Happened In February - 25

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

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 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  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1553  On February - 25 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

1558  On February - 25 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 February - 25 everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51   

1634  On February - 25 death of albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50   

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

1655  Death of Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

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

1713  On this day in history frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55   

1715  On February - 25 death of pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)   

1719  On February - 25 giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66   

1723  On this day in history christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90   

1756  Death of Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

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

1805  On this day in history 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  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies   

1901  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

1912  On this day in history death of guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)   

1914  On this day in history john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93   

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1398  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

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

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.   

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on February - 25.   

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