Famous Deaths Happened In August - 25
Friday, 23 May 2025
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 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 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 August - 25.
1282 Death of Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) on August - 25.
1330 Death of Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) on this day in history.
1346 Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle on this day in history.
1554 On this day in history thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies
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 On this day in history death of thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572)
1649 On this day in history richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36
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 August - 25 death of edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1742 Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38 on August - 25.
1773 On this day in history franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29
1774 On August - 25 nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59
1776 On August - 25 death of david Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
1789 Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies on August - 25.
1791 On August - 25 pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies
1792 Death of Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719) on this day in history.
1822 On August - 25 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 this day in history.
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 Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1867 Death of Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) on August - 25.
1868 Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 on August - 25.
1900 On this day in history friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55
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 Death of William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827) on August - 25.
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