Events & Holidays In August - 25

Constitution Day (Paraguay)

Dia do Soldado (Brazil)

Independence Day (Uruguay)

Liberation Day (Hong Kong)

Table Communion pour Dan Wezo, Roi de France (Haiti)

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

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

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

1662  John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

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

1718  Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0383  Death of Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 on this day in history.   

0882  On this day in history louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19   

1192  Death of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) on this day in history.   

1227  On this day in history ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies   

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

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 this day in history.