What happened on April 25 ?

1185 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)

1265 - Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English Crusader

1295 - King Sancho IV of Castile

1472 - Leon Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)

1516 - John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)

1566 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)

1566 - Louise Labé, French poet

1595 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (b. 1544)

1605 - Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)

1644 - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (b 1611)

1660 - Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)

1690 - David Teniers the Younger, Flemish artist (b. 1610)

1744 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b. 1701)

1770 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)

1800 - William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)

1840 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)

1878 - Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)

1911 - Emilio Salgari, Italian novelist (b. 1862)

1928 - Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1878)

1937 - Micha? Drzyma?a, Polish rebel (b.1857)

1943 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (b. 1858)

1944 - Tony Mullane, Major League Baseball player (b. 1859)

1968 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)

1972 - George Sanders, British actor (b. 1906)

1980 - Katia Mann, wife of German writer Thomas Mann (b. 1883)

1982 - John Cardinal Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)

1990 - Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist (b. 1923)

1995 - Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925)

1995 - Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)

1996 - Saul Bass, American graphics designer (b. 1920)

1998 - Morris Wright, American writer (b. 1910)

1999 - Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914)

2000 - David Merrick, American theatrical producer (b. 1911)

2001 - Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956)

2002 - Indra Devi, yoga teacher (b. 1899)

2002 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, rapper (b. 1971)

2003 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b. 1966)

2005 - Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and president of the Ramakrishna Mission (b. 1908)

2006 - Jane Jacobs, influential critic of urban planning.