Historical Events In August - 25
Friday, 20 March 2026
0079 Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies 

0325 Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. 

0357 Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught 

0383 Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 

0882 Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 

1212 Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa 

1227 Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies 

1248 The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. 

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

1330 AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself 

1346 Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle 

1425 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail. 

1485 Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III 

1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians. 

1530 Ivan the Terrible, Crowned as inaugural Tsar of Russia in 1547 is born 

1530 Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84) 

1537 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed. 

1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River 

1554 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies. 

1556 David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54. 

1558 King Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots. 

1566 Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht 

1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal. 

1580 Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies 

1609 Galileo demonstrates his inaugural telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 

1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 

1628 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia 

1649 Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 

1664 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent. 

1688 Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica. 

1689 Montr‚al taken by Iroquois 

1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French 

1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe 

1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet 

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