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  On February - 25 hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

1495  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 25 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  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 February - 25 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 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  On this day in history death of eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)   

1798  On February - 25 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

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  On February - 25 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 this day in history.   

1901  Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1902  On February - 25 carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77   

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

1912  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 25 birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

1635  On February - 25 birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen   

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 February - 25.   

1680  On February - 25 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.