Famous Deaths Happened 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 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  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

1553  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

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

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

1634  Death of Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1713  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1715  On February - 25 death of pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)   

1719  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60   

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  Death of Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) on February - 25.   

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  On February - 25 paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies   

1901  Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 on February - 25.   

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  Death of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) on February - 25.   

1914  On this day in history john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93   

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1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on February - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on February - 25.