Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
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 this day in history death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)
0946 Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on this day in history.
0967 On May - 25 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 May - 25.
1085 On this day in history gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies
1125 On this day in history 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 May - 25.
1555 Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on May - 25.
1595 On May - 25 death of valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
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 On this day in history death of pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
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 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 on May - 25.
1789 On May - 25 death of anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
1797 On May - 25 death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)
1805 On this day in history death of william Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
1826 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1895 On this day in history ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1899 Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1912 Death of Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) on May - 25.
1914 Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
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 May - 25 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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