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 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 May - 25.  

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

1595  On this day in history death of valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)  

1632  Death of Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) on May - 25.  

1667  Death of Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) on this day in history.  

1681  On May - 25 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 this day in history.  

1741  Death of Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660) on May - 25.  

1765  Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 on May - 25.  

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

1797  Death of John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

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

1826  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.  

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  Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1895  Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 on May - 25.  

1899  Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1912  On May - 25 death of austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)  

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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