Famous Birthdays In May - 25

1048  On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)  

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.  

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.  

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)  

1550  On this day in history birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint  

1606  On May - 25 birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)  

1661  On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)  

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1713  On this day in history birth of john Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63)  

1725  Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

1726  Giuseppi Paolucci, composer was born on this day in history.  

1729  Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war) was born on May - 25.  

1767  Ferdinand Franzl, composer was born on this day in history.  

1767  Friedrich Johann Eck, composer was born on May - 25.  

1779  On this day in history birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

1781  On May - 25 birth of ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)  

1783  Philip Pendleton Barbour, Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.  

1803  Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn) was born on May - 25.  

1818  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian was born on May - 25.  

1821  Diederich Krug, composer was born on this day in history.  

1830  Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International) was born on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, English meteorologist  

1845  On May - 25 birth of william Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)  

1845  Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883) was born on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history birth of princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)  

1846  On this day in history birth of naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)  

1847  Alphonse Goovaerts, composer was born on this day in history.  

1847  John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist was born on May - 25.  

1852  On May - 25 birth of william Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933)  

1856  Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) was born on May - 25.  

1860  James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944) was born on May - 25.  

1865  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)  

1865  John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946) was born on May - 25.  

1865  On this day in history birth of pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)  

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0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on this day in history.  

0709  On May - 25 aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69  

0735  On this day in history death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)  

0946  On this day in history edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies  

0967  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on this day in history.  

0992  Death of Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) on this day in history.  

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.  

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.