Famous Deaths In August - 25

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

0383  Death of Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1227  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on August - 25.  

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  On August - 25 death of sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)  

1346  Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle on August - 25.  

1554  On August - 25 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  On this day in history frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies  

1632  Death of Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572) on August - 25.  

1649  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 death of king Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)  

1711  On August - 25 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  Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on August - 25.  

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

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

1791  On this day in history pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies  

1792  On August - 25 death of jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)  

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

1835  On this day in history ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22  

1840  K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1842  Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on August - 25.  

1846  On this day in history giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73  

1867  Death of Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) on this day in history.  

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

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

1901  On August - 25 death of clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever  

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

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1530  Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84) was born on this day in history.  

1561  Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) was born on August - 25.  

1624  François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.  

1662  John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724) was born on August - 25.  

1664  Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent was born on this day in history.  

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

1724  On August - 25 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)