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  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  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on this day in history.   

1125  On May - 25 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   

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

1555  On this day in history gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46   

1595  On this day in history death of valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)   

1632  Death of Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) on this day in history.   

1667  Death of Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) on May - 25.   

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

1693  On this day in history 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  Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1789  On May - 25 death of anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)   

1797  On this day in history death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)   

1805  Death of William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) on May - 25.   

1826  On May - 25 christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72   

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

1849  On May - 25 andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52   

1862  Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 on May - 25.   

1895  On May - 25 ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73   

1899  Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 on May - 25.   

1912  Death of Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 25.   

1924  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51   

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

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

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on May - 25.   

1661  On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.