What happened on March 25 ?

752 - Pope-elect Stephen (died before taking office)

1005 - King Kenneth III of Scotland (in battle)

1223 - King Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)

1345 - Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)

1458 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)

1558 - Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer

1603 - Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)

1609 - Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)

1620 - Johannes Nucius, German composer

1625 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)

1712 - Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)

1736 - Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect

1738 - Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)

1751 - King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)

1801 - Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)

1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)

1914 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)

1918 - Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)

1951 - Eddie Collins, baseball player (b. 1887)

1957 - Max Ophüls, German-born director and writer (b. 1902)

1958 - Tom Brown, American musician (b. 1888)

1969 - Max Eastman, American writer (b. 1883)

1969 - Billy Cotton, British Bandleader & Entertainer (b. 1889)

1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)

1980 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)

1980 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)

1980 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)

1988 - Robert Joffrey, dancer, teacher, and choreographer (b. 1930)

1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Catholic leader (b. 1905)

1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)

1994 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1899)

1995 - James Coleman, American sociologist (b. 1926)

1995 - Kre?imir ?osi?, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)

1999 - Cal Ripken, Sr., baseball manager (b. 1936)

2000 - Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)

2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920)

2006 - Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)

2006 - Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)