Famous Deaths Happened In February - 25

0779  On this day in history walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

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

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.   

1495  On February - 25 djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

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

1536  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

1643  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60   

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

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 this day in history.   

1715  Death of Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640) on this day in history.   

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 February - 25 death of eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)   

1798  On this day in history death of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)   

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

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 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  On this day in history otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47   

1894  On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

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

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

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 February - 25.   

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

1635  On February - 25 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  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  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)