Famous Deaths In May - 25

0615  On this day in history boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies  

0709  On May - 25 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 May - 25.  

0967  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on this day in history.  

0992  Death of Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) on May - 25.  

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on this day in history.  

1125  On May - 25 hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies  

1261  Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies on May - 25.  

1452  Death of John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

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1510  Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1555  On May - 25 gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46  

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

1632  On this day in history death of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)  

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

1681  Death of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600) on this day in history.  

1693  On May - 25 death of marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)  

1741  On this day in history death of daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)  

1765  On May - 25 pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53  

1789  Death of Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) on May - 25.  

1797  On this day in history death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)  

1805  Death of William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) on May - 25.  

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

1848  On May - 25 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

1849  On May - 25 andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52  

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 this day in history.  

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

1914  Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1919  Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 on May - 25.  

1924  Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 on May - 25.  

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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  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)  

1494  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on May - 25.  

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on May - 25.  

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on May - 25.  

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on May - 25.  

1688  On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer