Famous Deaths In May - 25

0615  On this day in history boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies  

0709  On this day in history 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  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 May - 25 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 this day in history 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  Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1555  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1595  On May - 25 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 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 May - 25 death of daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)  

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

1789  On this day in history 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 May - 25 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 on May - 25.  

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

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

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

1458  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer