Famous Deaths In May - 25

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

0709  On May - 25 aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69   

0735  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

0992  Death of Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) on this day in history.   

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on this day in history.   

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.   

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

1452  Death of John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1667  On May - 25 death of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)   

1681  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1741  Death of Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660) on May - 25.   

1765  Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1797  On May - 25 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1862  On May - 25 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  Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 25 death of austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)   

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

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

1917  Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51   

1924  Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

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

1458  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

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 this day in history birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

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

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