Died on
Who died on February 25
74 figures who shaped history died on February 25.
- 74deaths
- 30events
Best known
Best known
Tarasios of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 to 806
Fujiwara no Mototsune
Japanese statesman, courtier and aristocrat
William Lily (grammarian)
English classical grammarian and scholar (c. 1468–1522)
Berchtold Haller
German Protestant reformer
Vittoria Colonna
Italian poet and noble
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Bohemian military leader and statesman
Tarasios of Constantinople — Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 to 806, who died on February 25 806.
Fujiwara no Mototsune — Japanese statesman, courtier and aristocrat, who died on February 25 891.
William Lily (grammarian) — English classical grammarian and scholar (c. 1468–1522), who died on February 25 1522.
Berchtold Haller — German Protestant reformer, who died on February 25 1536.
Vittoria Colonna — Italian poet and noble, who died on February 25 1547.
Albrecht von Wallenstein — Bohemian military leader and statesman, who died on February 25 1634.
All entries
- 1099AAnselm of RibemontFrankish 11th century noble
- 1601
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexEnglish nobleman and army officer - 1636
Santorio SantorioItalian physiologist - 1655
Daniel HeinsiusDutch scholar and poet - 1682
Alessandro StradellaItalian composer - 1710DDaniel Greysolon, Sieur du LhutFrench explorer (c. 1639–1710)
- 1713
Frederick I of PrussiaRuler of Brandenburg–Prussia from 1688 to 1713 - 1723
Christopher WrenEnglish architect - 1756
Eliza HaywoodEnglish novelist and painter (c. 1693 – 1756) - 1796
Samuel SeaburyAmerican Episcopal Bishop - 1805
Thomas PownallBritish colonial administrator and politician - 1819
Francisco Manoel de NascimentoPortuguese poet - 1822
William PinkneyAmerican politician - 1841
Philip P. BarbourUS Supreme Court justice from 1836 to 1841 - 1850
Daoguang EmperorEmperor of China from 1820 to 1850 - 1852
Thomas MooreIrish poet, singer and songwriter - 1865
Otto Ludwig (writer)German dramatist, novelist and critic - 1870
Henrik HertzDanish poet - 1877
Jung Bahadur RanaFounder of the Rana dynasty in Nepal - 1878
Townsend HarrisAmerican politician - 1899
Paul ReuterAnglo-German entrepreneur and news agency founder - 1906
Anton ArenskyRussian composer, pianist and professor of music - 1910
Worthington WhittredgeAmerican painter - 1911
Friedrich SpielhagenGerman novelist, literary theorist and translator - 1912
William IV of LuxembourgGrand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912 - 1914
John TennielBritish illustrator and cartoonist - 1915
Charles Edwin BesseyAmerican botanist - 1920
Marcel-Auguste DieulafoyFrench archaeologist - 1928
William O'Brien (Irish nationalist politician)Irish nationalist journalist and politician - 1934
Elizabeth Gertrude BrittonAmerican botanist - 1934
John McGrawAmerican baseball player and manager - 1945
Mário de AndradeBrazilian writer, musicologist and photographer - 1950
George MinotAmerican medical researcher - 1953
Sergei WinogradskyUkrainian and Russian microbiologist - 1954
Joseph BeechAmerican Methodist missionary and educator - 1957
Mark AldanovRussian writer and critic - 1957
Bugs MoranAmerican criminal - 1963
Melville J. HerskovitsAmerican anthropologist - 1964
Alexander ArchipenkoUkrainian-American avant-garde artist and sculptor - 1964
Grace MetaliousAmerican-French writer - 1970
Mark RothkoAbstract painter - 1971
Theodor SvedbergSwedish chemist - 1972
Gottfried FuchsGerman footballer - 1975
Elijah MuhammadAfrican American religious leader - 1978
Daniel James Jr.United States Air Force general - 1980
Robert HaydenAmerican poet and academic - 1983
Tennessee WilliamsAmerican playwright - 1996
Haing S. NgorCambodian-American actor and physician - 1997
Andrei SinyavskySoviet Russian literary critic, writer and dissident - 1998
W. O. MitchellCanadian writer and radio personality - 1999
Glenn T. SeaborgAmerican chemist - 2001
A. R. AmmonsAmerican poet - 2001
Don BradmanAustralian cricketer - 2005
Peter BenensonBritish lawyer and human rights activist - 2008
Hans Raj KhannaIndian judge - 2010
İhsan DoğramacıTurkish pediatrician and medical academic - 2012
Louisiana RedAmerican blues singer-songwriter and musician - 2015
Harve BennettAmerican screenwriter, producer - 2015
Ariel CamachoMexican musician - 2015
Eugenie ClarkAmerican ichthyologist, shark researcher and scientific scuba diver - 2017
Bill PaxtonAmerican actor - 2020
Dmitry YazovSoviet minister of defence - 2022
Farrah ForkeAmerican actress - 2022
Shirley HughesEnglish illustrator and author - 2023
Gordon PinsentCanadian actor and writer - 2025
Henry KellyIrish broadcaster - 2025
Roberto OrciAmerican screenwriter and producer - 2025
Jane Reed
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Who died on February 25?
74 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 25, including Tarasios of Constantinople, Fujiwara no Mototsune, William Lily (grammarian). The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 25?
30 documented historical events happened on February 25, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius as his son and successor following the death of Hadrian's first adopted son Lucius Aelius. On the same day, in another year: Khosrow II, the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, was overthrown by his son Kavad II. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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