Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25
Thursday, 11 December 2025
0615 On this day in history boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies 

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

0735 On May - 25 death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) 

0946 Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 May - 25. 

1510 On this day in history 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 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 On May - 25 death of pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600) 

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 On May - 25 death of anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) 

1797 Death of John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) on May - 25. 

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

1826 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1862 Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 on May - 25. 

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

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

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

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

1916 On this day in history 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 Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1924 On May - 25 theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 

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