Famous Deaths In April - 25

0068  Death of Saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa on April - 25.  

0974  On this day in history ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84  

1265  Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on April - 25.  

1295  Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies on April - 25.  

1342  On this day in history benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies  

1472  Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies on this day in history.  

1482  On April - 25 margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies  

1516  On April - 25 death of john Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)  

1566  On this day in history diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies  

1595  Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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1605  Death of Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555) on April - 25.  

1607  On this day in history don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle  

1635  Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69 on April - 25.  

1647  Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1660  Death of Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605) on this day in history.  

1663  Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1690  David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1728  John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history death of shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)  

1744  On April - 25 anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42  

1770  On April - 25 death of jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)  

1792  Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54 on April - 25.  

1800  On April - 25 william Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68  

1808  On April - 25 alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66  

1822  On April - 25 frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83  

1828  On April - 25 john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64  

1840  On this day in history death of siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)  

1845  On this day in history thomas Duncan, painter, dies  

1853  On April - 25 william Beaumont, physiologist, dies  

1862  Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55 on this day in history.  

1873  Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1878  Death of Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history death of nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)  

1892  On this day in history death of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)  

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0032  Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.  

1214  On this day in history birth of louis IX, King of France (1226-70)  

1228  Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) was born on this day in history.  

1228  On April - 25 birth of conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)  

1284  On April - 25 birth of edward II, King of England (1307-27)  

1287  Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on April - 25.  

1502  On April - 25 birth of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)  

1567  On April - 25 birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer