Famous Deaths In February - 25

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

1246  On this day in history death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.   

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

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

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

1553  On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

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

1601  On this day in history death of robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth   

1602  Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1634  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

1682  Death of Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

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  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 on February - 25.   

1723  On February - 25 christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90   

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

1894  On February - 25 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  Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 on February - 25.   

1902  On this day in history carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77   

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

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

1682  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)   

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