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 this day in history.  

1265  Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on this day in history.  

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  Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies on April - 25.  

1482  Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies on April - 25.  

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 April - 25.  

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1605  On April - 25 death of naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)  

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

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

1647  On April - 25 matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62  

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

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

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

1728  John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on April - 25.  

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

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

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

1800  William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 on April - 25.  

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

1822  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on April - 25.  

1828  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 on April - 25.  

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

1845  Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on April - 25.  

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

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 April - 25.  

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  On April - 25 birth of marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69)  

1214  On April - 25 birth of louis IX, King of France (1226-70)  

1228  Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) was born on April - 25.  

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

1284  Edward II, King of England (1307-27) was born on April - 25.  

1287  On this day in history birth of roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)  

1502  On this day in history birth of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)  

1567  Aurelio Signoretti, composer was born on April - 25.