Famous Deaths In May - 25

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on May - 25.  

0709  On May - 25 aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69  

0735  On this day in history death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)  

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  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  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 May - 25.  

1452  On May - 25 death of john Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury  

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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  Death of Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567) on this day in history.  

1632  On May - 25 death of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)  

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 May - 25.  

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  On this day in history death of anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)  

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 May - 25 christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72  

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 May - 25.  

1862  On this day in history johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60  

1895  On May - 25 ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73  

1899  On May - 25 marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68  

1912  Death of Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

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

1916  On May - 25 jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies  

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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1048  On this day in history birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)  

1334  On May - 25 birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)  

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  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.  

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

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