Historical Events In May - 25

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies   

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69   

0946  Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies.   

1085  Castile's Alfonso VI takes Toledo, the Arab center of science falls into Christian hands.   

1085  Pope Gregory VII dies at Salerno; Henry IV extends the "Peace of God" over the entire Holy Roman Empire   

1085  King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren.   

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

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies   

1241  inaugural attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany   

1241  1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany   

1261  Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies   

1420  Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.   

1452  John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury.   

1494  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ).   

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

1521  Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers.   

1522  Emperor Karel I returns to Spain   

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1555  Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46   

1632  Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen   

1659  Richard Cromwell steps down as English Lord Protector   

1660  English King Charles II lands in Dover.   

1661  King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer   

1713  John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63).   

1720  "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague results in the deaths of 80000.   

1721  John Copson is recorded as becoming America's inaugural insurance agent   

1721  John Copson is recorded as becoming America's 1st insurance agent   

1726  Giuseppi Paolucci, composer.   

1729  Jean de Neufville, Dutch/US merchant (started 4th English war)   

1738  A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners   

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

1767  Ferdinand Franzl, composer.   

1768  Explorer Captain Cook sets sail on his inaugural voyage   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.   

1334  On this day in history birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on May - 25.   

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

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

0946  On May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies   

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.