What happened on October 25 ?

304 - Pope Marcellinus (martyred)

625 - Pope Boniface V

1047 - King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)

1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096)

1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180)

1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet

1415 - Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France

John I of Alençon (b. 1385)

Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)

Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389)

Frederick of Lorraine (born 1371)

Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)

Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (born 1394)

Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (born 1373)

1492 - Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish Catholic bishop

1495 - King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)

1514 - William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431)

1555 - Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526)

1557 - William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505)

1633 - Jean Titelouze, French organist

1647 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)

1683 - William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England

1733 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)

1757 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)

1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)

1833 - Abbas Mirza, prince of Persia (b. 1789)

1889 - ÿmile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)

1895 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (b. 1819)

1910 - Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878)

1920 - King Alexander I of Greece (bitten by a pet monkey) (b. 1893)

1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman

1938 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892)

1953 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867)

1957 - Albert Anastasia, Italian-born gangster (b. 1902)

1957 - Lord Dunsany, Irish writer (b. 1878)

1963 - Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898)

1965 - Eduard Einstein, Second son of Albert Einstein who suffered from schizophrenia (b. 1910)

1973 - Cleo Moore, American film star (b. 1928)

1973 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932)

1980 - Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)

1985 - Gary Holton, English actor, famous for his role in Auf Wiedersehen Pet (b. 1952)

1986 - Forrest Tucker, America actor (b. 1919)

1991 - Bill Graham, German-born concert promoter (b. 1931)

1992 - Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936)

1993 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and songwriter (b. 1958)

1993 - Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)

1994 - Kara Spears Hultgreen American naval aviator USS Abraham Lincoln (b. 1965)

1995 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)

1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)

2002 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)

2002 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b. 1944)

2003 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)

2004 - John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)

2005 - Wellington Mara, American football team owner (b. 1916)