Famous Deaths In May - 25

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

0709  On this day in history aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69   

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 May - 25 death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

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  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.   

1261  Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies on May - 25.   

1452  On May - 25 death of john Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

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  Death of Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) on May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1693  On May - 25 death of marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)   

1741  On May - 25 death of daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)   

1765  On this day in history pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53   

1789  Death of Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

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  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1849  Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 on May - 25.   

1862  Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) on May - 25.   

1914  Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81 on May - 25.   

1916  Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 25 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  Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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1048  On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)   

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

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

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

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on May - 25.   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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