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 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  On this day in history louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56   

1282  On this day in history death of thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)   

1330  Death of Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) on this day in history.   

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

1554  Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies on August - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1632  Death of Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572) on August - 25.   

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

1688  Death of Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38   

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

1774  Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1789  Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies on August - 25.   

1791  On this day in history pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies   

1792  On this day in history death of jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)   

1822  F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 on August - 25.   

1835  Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Ill at 22 on August - 25.   

1840  K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 on August - 25.   

1842  Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on August - 25.   

1846  On this day in history giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73   

1867  Death of Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever on August - 25.   

1904  On this day in history 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 August - 25.   

1561  Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) was born on August - 25.   

1624  François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On August - 25 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  George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) was born on August - 25.   

1741  On August - 25 birth of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)