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 August - 25.  

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

1270  On August - 25 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 August - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

1580  On August - 25 frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies  

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

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

1688  Death of Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica on August - 25.  

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

1711  On August - 25 death of edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician  

1742  On August - 25 jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38  

1773  On August - 25 franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29  

1774  Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history death of david Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)  

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  On August - 25 f William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1868  Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 on August - 25.  

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

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

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1530  On this day in history 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  François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709) was born on August - 25.  

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

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

1718  On August - 25 birth of johann Jacob Rowalt, composer  

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

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