Famous Deaths In April - 25

0068  On this day in history death of saint Mark, the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa   

0974  Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84 on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader on April - 25.   

1295  On this day in history sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Leon, dies   

1342  Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies on April - 25.   

1472  Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies on April - 25.   

1482  Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies on this day in history.   

1516  On this day in history death of john Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)   

1566  Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies on this day in history.   

1595  Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51 on April - 25.   

1605  Death of Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555) on April - 25.   

1607  On April - 25 don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle   

1635  On April - 25 alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69   

1647  On this day in history matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62   

1660  On this day in history death of henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)   

1663  On April - 25 heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53   

1690  On April - 25 david Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79   

1728  John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies on April - 25.   

1740  On this day in history death of shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)   

1744  Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1770  On April - 25 death of jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)   

1792  Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1800  William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66   

1822  Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history john Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64   

1840  On April - 25 death of siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)   

1845  Thomas Duncan, painter, dies on April - 25.   

1853  William Beaumont, physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1862  Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55 on April - 25.   

1873  Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history death of anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)   

1891  Death of Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1892  Death of Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840) on April - 25.   

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0032  Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1214  Louis IX, King of France (1226-70) was born on this day in history.   

1228  Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54) was born on April - 25.   

1228  On this day in history birth of conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)   

1284  Edward II, King of England (1307-27) was born on April - 25.   

1287  Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of aurelio Signoretti, composer