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 August - 25.   

0882  Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 on this day in history.   

1192  On this day in history death of hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)   

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 August - 25.   

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 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 August - 25.   

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

1632  Death of Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572) on this day in history.   

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

1688  On August - 25 death of henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica   

1699  On this day in history death of king Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)   

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

1774  On this day in history nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59   

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 August - 25.   

1791  Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies on August - 25.   

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

1822  On August - 25 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 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 August - 25.   

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  On August - 25 friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55   

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

1624  On this day in history birth of françois de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)   

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