Famous Deaths Happened In August - 25

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

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

1227  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572)   

1649  Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician   

1742  Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer, dies at 29   

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

1776  Death of David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies   

1791  Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1792  Death of Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1840  On August - 25 k L Immermann, writer, dies at 44   

1842  Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1846  Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian nature investigator/diplomat, dies at 73 on August - 25.   

1867  Death of Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) on August - 25.   

1868  Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60 on August - 25.   

1900  On this day in history friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55   

1901  Death of Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever on this day in history.   

1904  Death of William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

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1530  Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84) was born on August - 25.   

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 this day in history 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  On August - 25 birth of george Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion)   

1741  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)