Famous Deaths Happened In February - 25

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

1246  On February - 25 death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

1601  Death of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth on February - 25.   

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  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 February - 25 death of alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37   

1713  On February - 25 frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55   

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 February - 25.   

1756  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)   

1826  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53   

1852  On February - 25 thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies   

1860  Death of Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47   

1894  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1899  Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1912  On February - 25 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  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.