Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on February - 25.   

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  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  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

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

1601  On February - 25 death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth   

1602  Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 on February - 25.   

1634  Death of Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 on February - 25.   

1643  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 on February - 25.   

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

1682  On this day in history death of alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37   

1713  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 on February - 25.   

1715  Death of Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640) on February - 25.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 25 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)   

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

1852  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on February - 25.   

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.   

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

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 February - 25.   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1682  On February - 25 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.