Famous Deaths In April - 25

0068  On this day in history death of saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa  

0974  Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84 on April - 25.  

1265  On this day in history death of roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader  

1295  On this day in history sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies  

1342  Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on this day in history.  

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

1482  On this day in history margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies  

1516  On this day in history death of john Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)  

1566  Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies on April - 25.  

1595  On this day in history torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51  

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

1607  Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle on April - 25.  

1635  On April - 25 alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69  

1647  On this day in history matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62  

1660  On this day in history death of henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)  

1663  On this day in history heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53  

1690  David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79 on April - 25.  

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

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

1744  Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1770  Death of Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700) on April - 25.  

1792  On April - 25 johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54  

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  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

1840  Death of Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781) on this day in history.  

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

1853  On this day in history 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  Death of Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

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0032  Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on April - 25.  

1214  Louis IX, King of France (1226-70) was born on April - 25.  

1228  On this day in history birth of koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)  

1228  Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254) was born on April - 25.  

1284  On this day in history 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  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

1567  On April - 25 birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer