Famous Deaths In May - 25

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  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on May - 25.  

0946  On May - 25 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  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.  

1125  On this day in history 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 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 May - 25.  

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

1595  Death of Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567) on May - 25.  

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 May - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

1765  On May - 25 pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53  

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

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 this day in history christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72  

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 May - 25.  

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  On this day in history marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68  

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

1914  On this day in history paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

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 May - 25.  

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

1661  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)  

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.