Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

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  On February - 25 djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

1522  On this day in history death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51   

1634  On this day in history death of albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50   

1643  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)   

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

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 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 February - 25.   

1798  On February - 25 death of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)   

1805  On this day in history death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)   

1826  Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

1894  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on February - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1912  On February - 25 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 this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

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

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  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  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.