Famous Deaths In August - 25

0079  Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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 August - 25.  

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

1556  On August - 25 david Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54  

1580  Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies on August - 25.  

1632  On August - 25 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 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  Death of Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician on this day in history.  

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

1773  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29 on August - 25.  

1774  On August - 25 nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59  

1776  Death of David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) on August - 25.  

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

1822  F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1846  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 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  On August - 25 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 this day in history.  

1561  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of john Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724)  

1664  Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent was born on August - 25.  

1718  Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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)