Famous Deaths In May - 25

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 this day in history.   

0946  Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on this day in history.   

0967  On May - 25 death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

0992  On this day in history death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)   

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.   

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.   

1261  On May - 25 alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies   

1452  On this day in history death of john Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1510  On May - 25 georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49   

1555  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1595  On May - 25 death of valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)   

1632  Death of Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history death of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)   

1681  On this day in history death of pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)   

1693  On this day in history death of marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)   

1741  On May - 25 death of daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)   

1765  Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1789  Death of Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1797  Death of John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) on May - 25.   

1805  Death of William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72   

1848  On this day in history death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)   

1849  Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 on May - 25.   

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  On May - 25 marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68   

1912  On this day in history death of austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)   

1914  On May - 25 paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81   

1916  On this day in history jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies   

1917  Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51   

1924  On May - 25 theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  On this day in history birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.