Famous Deaths In May - 25

0615  On May - 25 boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies  

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on this day in history.  

0946  Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on this day in history.  

0967  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on May - 25.  

0992  On May - 25 death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)  

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

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies  

1261  On this day in history alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies  

1452  Death of John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1510  Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 on May - 25.  

1555  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on May - 25.  

1595  On May - 25 death of valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)  

1632  On May - 25 death of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)  

1667  Death of Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) on this day in history.  

1681  On this day in history death of pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)  

1693  Death of Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634) on May - 25.  

1741  Death of Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660) on May - 25.  

1765  On May - 25 pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53  

1789  On this day in history death of anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)  

1797  On this day in history death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)  

1805  On May - 25 death of william Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)  

1826  On this day in history christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72  

1848  Death of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1849  Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 on May - 25.  

1862  On May - 25 johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60  

1895  Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68  

1912  On May - 25 death of austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)  

1914  On May - 25 paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81  

1916  On May - 25 jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies  

1917  Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.  

1919  Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 on May - 25.  

1924  Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 on May - 25.  

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1048  On this day in history birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)  

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

1458  On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)  

1494  On this day in history 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  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer