What happened on January 25 ?

389 - Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)

477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans

844 - Pope Gregory IV

1067 - Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)

1366 - Henry Suso, German mystic

1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)

1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)

1559 - King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (b. 1481)

1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)

1640 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)

1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)

1726 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1726)

1733 - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London

1751 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)

1881 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)

1908 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)

1908 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)

1912 - Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (b. 1916)

1925 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)

1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)

1963 - Wilson Kettle, Guinness World Record holder for most living descendants (b. 1860)

1969 - Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)

1970 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)

1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder of Tsuburaya Productions, creator of Ultraman (b. 1901)

1972 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)

1981 - Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)

1982 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)

1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)

1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)

1995 - Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960)

1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)

1999 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)

2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)

2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)

2005 - Stanis?aw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)

2005 - William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)

2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)

2005 - Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)

2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)

2006 - Anna Malle, Adult film star (b. 1967)