August 25 facts for kids

August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 128 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 766 – Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.
• 1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
• 1270 – Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX, during the Eighth Crusade. His uncle, Charles I of Naples, is forced to begin peace negotiations with Muhammad I al-Mustansir, Hafsid Sultan of Tunis.
• 1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
• 1543 – António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
• 1580 – War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.

1601–1900

• 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
• 1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
• 1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 1814 – War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.
• 1823 – American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
• 1825 – The Thirty-Three Orientals declare the independence of Uruguay from Brazil.
• 1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.
• 1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
• 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
• 1883 – France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• 1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

1901–present

• 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
• 1912 – The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking.
• 1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• 1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
• 1916 – The United States National Park Service is created.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• 1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
• 1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• 1940 – World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
• 1941 – World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran.
• 1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
• 1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay, New Guinea, initiating the Battle of Milne Bay.
• 1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• 1945 – The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.
• 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• 1950 – To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.
• 1958 – The world’s first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
• 1960 – The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy.
• 1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
• 1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• 1985 – Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
• 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.
• 1989 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after take off from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
• 1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
• 1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
• 1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
• 2001 – American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
• 2003 – NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
• 2005 – Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
• 2006 – Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
• 2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
• 2017 – Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1467 – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (d. 1526)
• 1491 – Innocenzo Cybo, Italian cardinal (d. 1550)
• 1509 – Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1572)
• 1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (d. 1584)
• 1540 – Lady Catherine Grey, English noblewoman (d. 1568)
• 1561 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1632)

1601–1900

• 1605 – Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (d. 1638)
• 1624 – François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709)
• 1662 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1724)
• 1707 – Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)
• 1724 – George Stubbs, English painter and academic (d. 1806)
• 1741 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (d. 1792)
• 1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1803)
• 1758 – Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
• 1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (d. 1794)
• 1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (d. 1853)
• 1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (d. 1868)
• 1793 – John Neal, American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (d. 1876)
• 1796 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)
• 1802 – Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)
• 1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)
• 1812 – Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (d. 1880)
• 1817 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884)
• 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909)
• 1836 – Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (d. 1902)
• 1840 – George C. Magoun, American businessman (d. 1893)
• 1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
• 1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (d. 1886)
• 1850 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1867 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951)
• 1869 – Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete (d. 1951)
• 1875 – Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (d. 1963)
• 1877 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965)
• 1878 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (d. 1935)
• 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966)
• 1889 – Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1969)
• 1891 – David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962)
• 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1901–present

• 1902 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)
• 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)
• 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)
• 1912 – Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
• 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
• 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
• 1919 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
• 1919 – George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
• 1919 – Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (d. 2017)
• 1921 – Monty Hall, Canadian television personality and game show host (d. 2017)
• 1921 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Hilmar Hoffmann, German film and culture academic (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Des Renford, Australian swimmer (d. 1999)
• 1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player (d. 2018)
• 1928 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Karl Korte, American composer and academic (d. 2022)
• 1928 – Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024)
• 1930 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (d. 2020)
• 1930 – György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (d. 2022)
• 1931 – Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (d. 2020)
• 1932 – Anatoly Kartashov, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2023)
• 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
• 1934 – Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1934 – Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician (d. 2020)
• 1935 – Charles Wright, American poet
• 1936 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer (d. 2019)
• 1937 – Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
• 1938 – David Canary, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
• 1939 – John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
• 1940 – Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach (d. 2020)
• 1941 – Ludwig Müller, German footballer (d. 2021)
• 1942 – Nathan Deal, American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
• 1942 – Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (d. 2017)
• 1944 – Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
• 1944 – Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
• 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor
• 1944 – Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge
• 1945 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 – Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1946 – Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
• 1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
• 1947 – Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (d. 2020)
• 1948 – Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
• 1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
• 1949 – Martin Amis, British novelist (d. 2023)
• 1949 – Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
• 1949 – John Savage, American actor and producer
• 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1950 – Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
• 1952 – Kurban Berdyev, Turkmen footballer and manager
• 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
• 1955 – John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1955 – Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
• 1956 – Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer
• 1956 – Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1957 – Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 – Simon McBurney, English actor and director
• 1957 – Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Christian LeBlanc, American actor
• 1959 – Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Bernardo Rezende, Brazilian volleyball coach and player
• 1959 – Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress
• 1960 – Ashley Crow, American actress
• 1960 – Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1961 – Dave Tippett, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Ally Walker, American actress
• 1961 – Joanne Whalley, English actress
• 1962 – Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author
• 1962 – Theresa Andrews, American competition swimmer and Olympic champion
• 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 – Michael Zorc, German footballer
• 1963 – Miro Cerar, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1963 – Shock G, American rapper and producer (d. 2021)
• 1963 – Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat
• 1964 – Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician
• 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
• 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor
• 1965 – Cornelius Bennett, American football player
• 1965 – Tim Cain, American video game designer
• 1965 – Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer (d. 1993)
• 1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball player
• 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor
• 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Terminator X, American hip-hop DJ
• 1967 – Tom Hollander, English actor
• 1967 – Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1968 – David Alan Basche, American actor
• 1968 – Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
• 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
• 1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1969 – Olga Konkova, Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
• 1969 – Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor and television personality
• 1969 – Catriona Matthew, Scottish golfer
• 1969 – Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1970 – Doug Glanville, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Debbie Graham, American tennis player
• 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Adrian Lam, Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer
• 1971 – Jason Death, Australian rugby league player
• 1971 – Nathan Page, Australian actor
• 1972 – Marvin Harrison, American football player
• 1973 – Fatih Akın, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor
• 1974 – Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Brad Drew, Australian rugby league player
• 1975 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer and coach
• 1976 – Damon Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 – Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
• 1977 – Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer
• 1977 – Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Jonathan Togo, American actor
• 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Robert Mohr, German rugby player
• 1979 – Marlon Harewood, English footballer
• 1979 – Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (d. 2015)
• 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
• 1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
• 1981 – Camille Pin, French tennis player
• 1982 – Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer (d. 2011)
• 1982 – Nick Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – James Rossiter, English race car driver
• 1984 – Florian Mohr, German footballer
• 1984 – Anya Monzikova, Russian-American model and actress
• 1986 – Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
• 1987 – Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1987 – Blake Lively, American model and actress
• 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Justin Upton, American baseball player
• 1987 – Adam Warren, American baseball player
• 1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
• 1988 – Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
• 1989 – Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Max Muncy, American baseball player
• 1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1992 – Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
• 1994 – Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1994 – Caris LeVert, American basketball player
• 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
• 2003 – Rebeka Jančová, Slovak alpine ski racer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• AD 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)
• 274 – Yang Yan, Jin Dynasty empress (b. 238)
• 306 – Saint Maginus, Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona
• 383 – Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)
• 471 – Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople
• 766 – Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official
• 766 – Strategios Podopagouros, Byzantine general
• 985 – Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave
• 1091 – Sisnando Davides, military leader
• 1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
• 1258 – George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicaea
• 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1270 – Alphonso of Brienne (b. c. 1225)
• 1271 – Joan, Countess of Toulouse (b. 1220)
• 1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (b. 1218)
• 1322 – Beatrice of Silesia, queen consort of Germany (b. c. 1292)
• 1327 – Demasq Kaja, Chobanid
• 1330 – Sir James Douglas, Scottish guerrilla leader (b. 1286)
• 1339 – Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (b. 1260)
• 1368 – Andrea Orcagna, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect
• 1482 – Margaret of Anjou wife of Henry VI and Queen of England (b. 1429)
• 1485 – William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (b. 1450)
• 1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)
• 1592 – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1532)

1601–1900

• 1603 – Ahmad al-Mansur, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (b. 1549)
• 1631 – Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (b.c. 1572)
• 1632 – Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (b. 1572)
• 1688 – Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
• 1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
• 1742 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
• 1776 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1797 – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic, and first Governor of the State of Vermont (b. 1730)
• 1815 – Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (b. 1815)
• 1819 – James Watt, Scottish engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 – Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 – Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 – William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)

1901–present

• 1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 – Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 – Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 – Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 – Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 – Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1936 – Juliette Adam, French author (b. 1836)
• 1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 – John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 – Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1966 – Lao She, Chinese novelist and dramatist (b. 1899)
• 1967 – Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1967 – Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 – Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1969 – Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)
• 1970 – Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
• 1971 – Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)
• 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
• 1979 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1982 – Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)
• 1984 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
• 1988 – Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
• 1998 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1956)
• 2000 – Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937)
• 2000 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2001 – Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
• 2008 – Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2009 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politician (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)
• 2013 – António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)
• 2013 – William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
• 2015 – José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2015 – Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)
• 2016 – Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2017 – Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (b. 1971)
• 2018 – John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2019 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (b. 1937)
• 2022 – Mable John, American blues vocalist (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Æbbe of Coldingham
  • Aredius
  • Genesius of Arles
  • Genesius of Rome
  • Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)
  • Gregory of Utrecht
  • Joseph Calasanz
  • Louis IX of France
  • Blessed Ludovicus Baba
  • Blessed Ludovicus Sasada
  • Blessed Luis Sotelo
  • Menas of Constantinople
  • Blessed Miguel de Carvalho
  • Patricia of Naples
  • Blessed Pedro Vásquez
  • Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford)
  • August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Songun (North Korea)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
• Soldier's Day (Brazil)

See also

In Spanish: 25 de agosto para niños