Historical Events In August - 25

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

0325  On this day in history council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity   

0357  On August - 25 battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught   

0383  On August - 25 flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25   

0882  Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 on August - 25.   

1212  Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa on this day in history.   

1227  On August - 25 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 on this day in history.   

1270  Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 on August - 25.   

1330  AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself on August - 25.   

1346  Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle on August - 25.   

1425  Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail on this day in history.   

1485  Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III on August - 25.   

1499  Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians on August - 25.   

1530  On August - 25 the birth of Ivan the Terrible, Crowned as first Tsar of Russia in 1547   

1530  On this day in history ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)   

1537  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

1556  On August - 25 david Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54   

1558  On this day in history king Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots.   

1566  On August - 25 iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht   

1580  Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal on this day in history.   

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

1609  Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers on August - 25.   

1609  Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers on this day in history.   

1628  Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia on August - 25.   

1649  On this day in history richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36   

1664  On August - 25 johan van de Bergh, Leids regent   

1688  Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica on August - 25.   

1689  Montr‚al taken by Iroquois on August - 25.   

1689  Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English armies chase French on this day in history.   

1698  Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe on this day in history.   

1704  Battle at Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet on this day in history.   

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1530  On this day in history birth of ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)   

1561  On this day in history birth of philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)   

1624  On August - 25 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  Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent was born on August - 25.   

1718  Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer was born on August - 25.   

1724  On this day in history birth of george Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion)   

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

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

0383  On August - 25 death of flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25   

0882  On August - 25 louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19   

1192  Death of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) on August - 25.   

1227  On August - 25 ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies   

1270  Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 on August - 25.   

1282  Death of Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) on this day in history.   

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