Events & Holidays In August - 25

Constitution Day (Paraguay)

Dia do Soldado (Brazil)

Independence Day (Uruguay)

Liberation Day (Hong Kong)

Table Communion pour Dan Wezo, Roi de France (Haiti)

1530  On this day in history birth of ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)   

1561  On this day in history birth of philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)   

1624  On this day in history birth of françois de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)   

1662  John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

1664  On this day in history birth of johan van de Bergh, Leids regent   

1718  Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history birth of george Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion)   

1741  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)   

0079  On this day in history gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies   

0383  On this day in history death of flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25   

0882  Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 on this day in history.   

1192  Death of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) on this day in history.   

1227  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on this day in history.   

1270  On this day in history louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56   

1282  Death of Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) on this day in history.   

1330  Death of Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) on this day in history.