Famous Deaths In August - 25

0079  Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies on August - 25.  

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 August - 25.  

1192  On August - 25 death of hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)  

1227  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on this day in history.  

1270  Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 on this day in history.  

1282  On August - 25 death of thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)  

1330  Death of Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) on August - 25.  

1346  On August - 25 louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle  

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

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1556  On this day in history 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  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 August - 25 death of henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica  

1699  Death of King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) on August - 25.  

1711  On this day in history death of edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician  

1742  Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38 on August - 25.  

1773  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1774  Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on August - 25.  

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  On August - 25 pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies  

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

1822  On this day in history 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 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 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 August - 25.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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