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  On this day in history 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 this day in history leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 April - 25 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 April - 25.  

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

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

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

1800  William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1840  Death of Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781) on April - 25.  

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

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

1862  On April - 25 charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55  

1873  On April - 25 walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43  

1878  Death of Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820) on April - 25.  

1891  Death of Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) on April - 25.  

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

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

1214  Louis IX, King of France (1226-70) was born on this day in history.  

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

1287  Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.  

1502  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574) was born on April - 25.  

1567  On April - 25 birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer