Famous Deaths In April - 25

0068  Death of Saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa on this day in history.  

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

1265  On April - 25 death of roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader  

1295  Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.  

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

1472  On April - 25 leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies  

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

1516  Death of John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467) on this day in history.  

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

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

Advertisements

1605  Death of Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555) on this day in history.  

1607  Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1647  Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62 on April - 25.  

1660  Death of Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605) on April - 25.  

1663  On April - 25 heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53  

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

1728  On April - 25 john Woodward, geologist/physician, dies  

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  On this day in history 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  William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66  

1822  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64  

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

1845  Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1853  William Beaumont, physiologist, dies on April - 25.  

1862  Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55 on April - 25.  

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

1878  On this day in history death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)  

1891  On April - 25 death of nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811)  

1892  Death of Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

0032  On this day in history birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)  

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 April - 25.  

1228  Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254) was born on this day in history.  

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  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574) was born on April - 25.  

1567  Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born on this day in history.