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 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 April - 25 sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies  

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  On this day in history margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies  

1516  Death of John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467) on April - 25.  

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

1595  Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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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 April - 25.  

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

1800  On this day in history william Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68  

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

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

1828  On this day in history john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64  

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

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

1853  On April - 25 william Beaumont, physiologist, dies  

1862  On this day in history charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55  

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

1878  On April - 25 death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)  

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

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 April - 25.  

1228  Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.