Famous Deaths In May - 25

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on this day in history.  

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  Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on May - 25.  

0967  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on this day in history.  

0992  On May - 25 death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)  

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.  

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies  

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

1452  Death of John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury on May - 25.  

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1510  Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 on May - 25.  

1555  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on May - 25.  

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  On May - 25 death of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)  

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 May - 25.  

1765  Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1789  On May - 25 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  On May - 25 death of william Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)  

1826  On May - 25 christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72  

1848  On May - 25 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

1849  On this day in history andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1919  Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 on May - 25.  

1924  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51  

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

1661  On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)  

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.