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  On April - 25 ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84  

1265  Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on April - 25.  

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 April - 25.  

1472  Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies on this day in history.  

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

1516  On April - 25 death of john Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)  

1566  On April - 25 diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies  

1595  Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 on April - 25.  

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1605  Death of Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555) on April - 25.  

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

1660  On April - 25 death of henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)  

1663  Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1690  On April - 25 david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79  

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

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 April - 25.  

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

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

1828  On April - 25 john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64  

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

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

1853  On April - 25 william Beaumont, physiologist, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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0032  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1228  On this day in history 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 April - 25.  

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

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