Famous Deaths In May - 25

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on this day in history.  

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 25.  

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on May - 25.  

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

1085  On this day in history gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies  

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

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  

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1510  On this day in history georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49  

1555  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on May - 25.  

1595  On this day in history 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  Death of Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) on May - 25.  

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

1693  Death of Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634) on May - 25.  

1741  Death of Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1848  Death of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) on May - 25.  

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  Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 on May - 25.  

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

1914  On this day in history paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81  

1916  Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies on May - 25.  

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  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51  

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1048  On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)  

1334  On this day in history birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)  

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

1494  On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)  

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

1606  On May - 25 birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)  

1661  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)  

1688  On May - 25 birth of christian August Jacobi, composer