Famous Deaths In August - 25

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

0383  On this day in history death of flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 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  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1330  On August - 25 death of sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica on August - 25.   

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 August - 25.   

1742  On this day in history jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 August - 25.   

1840  On this day in history k L Immermann, writer, dies at 44   

1842  On August - 25 jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80   

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  On August - 25 costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60   

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 August - 25 death of william Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)   

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1530  On August - 25 birth of ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)   

1561  Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

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

1662  On August - 25 birth of john Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724)   

1664  On this day in history birth of johan van de Bergh, Leids regent   

1718  On August - 25 birth of johann Jacob Rowalt, composer   

1724  George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) was born on August - 25.   

1741  Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.