Famous Deaths In August - 25

0079  On August - 25 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 August - 25.   

1192  Death of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) on August - 25.   

1227  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 death of thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)   

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

1346  On August - 25 louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle   

1554  Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies on August - 25.   

1556  On this day in history david Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54   

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  Death of Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica on August - 25.   

1699  Death of King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) on August - 25.   

1711  Death of Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician on August - 25.   

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

1773  On this day in history franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 25 ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22   

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

1842  On this day in history jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80   

1846  Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1868  On August - 25 costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60   

1900  Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 birth of ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)   

1561  On August - 25 birth of philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)   

1624  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 birth of johan van de Bergh, Leids regent   

1718  Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer was born on August - 25.   

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

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