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  On May - 25 death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)  

0946  On this day in history edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies  

0967  On this day in history death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)  

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

1085  On May - 25 gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies  

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

1261  Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies on this day in history.  

1452  On May - 25 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  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1765  On this day in history pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53  

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 this day in history.  

1805  On this day in history death of william Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)  

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

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

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

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

1917  On this day in history leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72  

1919  On May - 25 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  On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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