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 April - 25 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  On this day in history leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies   

1482  Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies on this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies   

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

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

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

1635  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1663  Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53 on April - 25.   

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  On this day in history death of shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)   

1744  Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 on April - 25.   

1770  On this day in history 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  Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66 on April - 25.   

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

1828  John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1853  On April - 25 william Beaumont, physiologist, dies   

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

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

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

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  Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

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

1228  On April - 25 birth of koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)   

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

1284  Edward II, King of England (1307-27) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1567  On this day in history birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer