Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
0615 Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on this day in history.
0709 On this day in history aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69
0735 Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on May - 25.
0946 On May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
0967 Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on May - 25.
0992 On May - 25 death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)
1085 On May - 25 gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies
1125 Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.
1261 Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies on this day in history.
1452 On this day in history death of john Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
1510 On this day in history georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1555 On this day in history gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
1595 Death of Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567) on May - 25.
1632 Death of Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) on this day in history.
1667 Death of Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) on this day in history.
1681 Death of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600) on this day in history.
1693 Death of Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634) on this day in history.
1741 On this day in history death of daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
1765 On this day in history pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1789 Death of Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) on May - 25.
1797 Death of John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) on this day in history.
1805 Death of William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) on this day in history.
1826 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.
1848 Death of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.
1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 on this day in history.
1862 Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1895 On this day in history ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1899 Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 on May - 25.
1912 On May - 25 death of austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
1914 Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81 on May - 25.
1916 Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies on this day in history.
1917 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.
1919 On May - 25 madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51
1924 Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
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