Famous Deaths In August - 25

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

0383  Death of Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 on August - 25.  

0882  On August - 25 louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19  

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

1227  On this day in history ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies  

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

1282  Death of Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) on August - 25.  

1330  Death of Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) on August - 25.  

1346  On this day in history louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle  

1554  Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies on this day in history.  

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1556  On August - 25 david Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54  

1580  Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies on August - 25.  

1632  On this day in history death of thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572)  

1649  Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 on August - 25.  

1688  On August - 25 death of henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica  

1699  Death of King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) on this day in history.  

1711  On this day in history death of edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician  

1742  Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1773  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29 on August - 25.  

1774  Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on August - 25.  

1776  On August - 25 death of david Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)  

1789  On August - 25 mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies  

1791  Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies on August - 25.  

1792  Death of Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719) on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history f William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85  

1835  Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22 on August - 25.  

1840  On August - 25 k L Immermann, writer, dies at 44  

1842  On August - 25 jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80  

1846  Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73 on August - 25.  

1867  On this day in history death of michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)  

1868  On this day in history costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60  

1900  On this day in history friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55  

1901  Death of Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever on this day in history.  

1904  Death of William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

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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  On August - 25 birth of john Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724)  

1664  Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent was born on August - 25.  

1718  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Rowalt, composer  

1724  George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) was born on this day in history.  

1741  Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792) was born on August - 25.