Famous Deaths In August - 25

0079  On August - 25 gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies  

0383  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 death of hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)  

1227  On August - 25 ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies  

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 August - 25.  

1330  On this day in history death of sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)  

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

1554  On this day in history thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies  

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1556  David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54 on August - 25.  

1580  Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1632  Death of Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572) on this day in history.  

1649  On this day in history richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36  

1688  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38  

1773  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59  

1776  Death of David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

1789  Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies on this day in history.  

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

1792  On this day in history death of jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)  

1822  F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 on August - 25.  

1835  Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22 on this day in history.  

1840  K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 on August - 25.  

1842  Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1867  On August - 25 death of michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)  

1868  Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

1900  Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55 on August - 25.  

1901  On this day in history death of clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever  

1904  On this day in history death of william Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)  

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1530  Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84) was born on August - 25.  

1561  On August - 25 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 August - 25 birth of johan van de Bergh, Leids regent  

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 August - 25.  

1741  Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.