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  On this day in history ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84  

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 April - 25.  

1342  Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on April - 25.  

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  On April - 25 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 this day in history.  

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1605  On this day in history death of naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 April - 25.  

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

1822  On this day in history frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83  

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

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

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

1853  On this day in history william Beaumont, physiologist, dies  

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  Death of Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

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  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 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 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  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

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