Famous Deaths In May - 25

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1125  On May - 25 hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies   

1261  On May - 25 alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies   

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

1510  On May - 25 georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49   

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  On this day in history death of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)   

1681  On May - 25 death of pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)   

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 May - 25.   

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

1797  Death of John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) on May - 25.   

1805  Death of William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

1826  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on May - 25.   

1848  Death of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

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

1862  On this day in history johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60   

1895  Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 on May - 25.   

1899  On May - 25 marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68   

1912  On this day in history death of austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)   

1914  On May - 25 paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81   

1916  On May - 25 jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies   

1917  On this day in history leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72   

1919  Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1924  On May - 25 theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on May - 25.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

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 this day in history.   

1688  On May - 25 birth of christian August Jacobi, composer