25. August
of the 25. August is the 237. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 238. in leap years), thus still 128 days up to the year end remain.
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of events
- 1270: The French king Ludwig IX. dies during the FE storage the crusade last sieved by Tunis during and. Its successor becomes its son Philipp III.
- 1718: New Orleans becomesbased of French emigrants
- 1758: During the seven-year-old of war Friedrich the large one in the battle defeats one at anger village around a multiple superior Russian armed force
- 1768: James Cook breaks to its first voyage round the world on
- 1825: Uruguay explainsits independence from Brazil
- 1920: „Miracles to the Weichsel “: The battle with Warsaw in Polish-Soviet war ends with a destroying defeat of the Red Army
- 1921: The USA, which did not sign the contract of Versailles, close in Berlin contract a separate peace with the German Reich
- 1939: Great Britain and Poland close an assistance pact
- 1944: Allied troops release Paris undestroyed after a refusal to obey orders of the German commander of city Dietrich von Choltitz
- 1955: The airport vienna Schwechat becomes ofthe English Besatzern to the Austrian authorities hand over
- 1983: Notice on the cultural center Maison de France in Berlin by Johannes wine-smell
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science and technology
- 1967: On the 25. Radio exhibition in Berlin becomes the colour television inGermany introduced
- 1981: The American space probe Voyager 2 flies past the Saturn and supplies many photos of Saturn, its rings and moons
- 1989: The American space probe Voyager 2 flies past the Neptun and supplies many photos of Neptunand its moons
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culture
- 1950: Akira Kurosawas film Rashōmon comes into the Japanese cinemas
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disasters
- 1927: The destroyer „Warabi “ sinks after a collision with the light cruiser „Jindsu “ (both Japan) forwards Bungo Suido. 102 crew members die
- 1933: Earthquake of the strength 7.4 in China, approx. 10.000 dead ones
- 1988: With a major fire the old part of town is nearly completely destroyed of Lisbon
sport
- 1875: Matthew Webb through-swims in21 hours and 35 minutes as first humans the English Channel
- 1960: XVII. Olympic summer games in Rome opens
entries from athlete IC world records to rule under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik; for events within the range formula 1 see there.
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Johann Gottfried of Herder (1744-1803)
Allan Pinkerton (left, with Lincoln) (1819-1884)
Leonard amber (1918-1990)
- 1530: Iwan IV. „the terrible one “, Russian Zar
- 1707: Ludwig, König of Spain in the year 1724
- 1724: George Stubbs, British painter
- 1744: Johann Gottfried of Herder, German writer
- 1767: Louis Antoine Léon Saint Just, French revolutionary
- 1769: Georges Cuvier, French natural scientist, founder of the scientific paleontology
- 1785: Sergei Uwarow, RussianStatesman and literature scientist
- 1786: Ludwig I., King by Bavaria
- 1798: Henrik Hertz, Danish writer
- 1819: Allan Pinkerton, US-American founder of the Pinkerton Detektei
- 1821: Ludwig Pfau, German poet and revolutionary
- 1836: Bret hard one , US-American writer
- 1841: Emil Theodor digester, Swiss surgeon
- 1845: Ludwig II., King by Bavaria
- 1850: Pawel Axelrod, Russian revolutionary
- 1880: Robert pride, Austrian composer
- 1882: Seán Ó Ceallaigh, Irish politician
- 1885: George William Pabst, Austrian director
- 1887: Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer
- 1897: Jaroslav Řídký, Czech composer
- 1899: Guy Butler, British athlete and olympia winner
- 1900: Hans Adolf cancer, German biochemist
- 1901: Charlie Burse, US-American Blues musician
- 1902: Stefan Wolpe, German composer
- 1903: Bruno begging home, US-American psychologist
- 1903: Arpad Elo, US-American statistician (inventor of the Elo number)
- 1906: Eugen Gerstenmaier, Evangelist theologian, resistance fighter, politician andPresident of the Bundestag
- 1909: Michael Rennie, British actor
- 1912: Erich Honecker, German politician (Council of State chairman of the GDR)
- 1914: Alexei Hajew, US-American composer
- 1916: Frederick CH. Crawl in, US-American bacteriologist
- 1918: Leonard amber, US-American conductorand composer
- 1921: Brian of moorlands, US-American writer and film script author
- 1923: Fernando Távora, Portuguese architect
- 1925: Thea Astley, Australian authoress
- 1925: Maurice binder, US-American film-creative
- 1925: Hilmar Hoffmann, German culture politician
- 1925: Gert of Paczensky, German journalist and restaurant critic
- 1928: Harsh ore Kroemer, German physicist
- 1930: Sean Connery, British actor
- 1931: Tchicaya U Tam'si, Congolese writer
- 1933: Wayne Shorter, US-American musician
- 1937: Klaus Wildbolz, Austrian actor
- 1938: Frederick Forsyth, British writer
- 1939: John Badham, British director (Saturday Night Fever)
- 1940: Norbert group, German Profiboxer
- 1942: Walter Williams, US-American singer
- 1942: Hilde Zach, AustrianPolitician and Bürgermeisterin of Innsbruck
- 1943: Gunter Berger, German actor
- 1947: Filip Bajon, Polish director
- 1948: Helga Zepp LaRouche, German lady journalist and politician
- 1949: Wolfgang Meckelburg, CDU MdB since 1990
- 1949: John Savage, US-American actor
- 1949: Genes Simmons, US-American musician and singer (Kiss)
- 1949: Martin revision modifications, British writer
- 1951: Rob Halford, British singer (Judas praised)
- 1952: Geoff Downes, British rock musician
- 1954: Elvis Costello, British singer and Songschreiber
- 1954: Bruno Manser, Swiss environmental activist
- 1955: Thomas's my corner, German writer
- 1958: Tim Burton, US-American film director
- 1958: Damian McKee, British musician and singer
- 1959: Sönke word man,German director
- 1962: Billy Ray Cyrus, US-American Country singer
- 1962: Michael Zorc, German football player
- 1966: Sandra Maischberger, German lady journalist, host, Produzentin and authoress
- 1968: Rolf Aldag, German wheel professional
- 1970: Matthias Opdenhövel,German television moderator
- 1970: Claudia boat operator, German mannequin
- 1971: Gilberto Simoni, Italian wheel running driver, twice winner of the giro d'Italia
- 1973: Fatih Akın, German-Turkish director
- 1974: Mario Jeckle, German computer scientist, professor and developer of the E3R-Modells
- 1979: Nedžad Botonjič, Slovenian football player
- 1981: Rachel Bilson, US-American actress
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Christian V. of Denmark († 1699)
- ,383: Gratian, Roman emperor in the west
- 1036: Pilgrim of Cologne, archbishopthe ore diocese Cologne, ore chancellor of Italy
- 1482: Margarete of Anjou, daughter of the king Renatus of Anjou and Isabella of Lorraine
- 1688: Henry Morgan, English Pirat, late governor of Jamaica
- 1693: Johann Christoph brook D. A., Twin brother of Johann Ambrosius brook
- 1699: Christian V., King of Denmark and Norway
- 1770: Thomas Chatterton, British poet
- 1774: Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer
- 1776: David Hume, Scottish philosopher, economist and historian
- 1797: Thomas Chittenden, US-American politician and 1. Governor von Vermont
- 1782: Marianne of Auenbrugger, Pianistin and Komponistin
- 1822: William Herschel, German astronomer, musician and composer
- 1836: Christoph William hoof country, German physician
- 1840: Carl liver-genuinly Immermann, German writer, poet and dramatist
- 1846: Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian travelers and natural scientists
- 1860: Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Danish poet and critic
- 1867: Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist
- 1868: Charlotte Birch Pfeiffer, German actress and authoress
- 1868: Jacob van Lennep, Netherlands writer
- 1882: Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, estnischer physician and writer
- 1888: Karl Heine, attorney, entrepreneur and industrial pioneer in the western suburbs of Leipzig
- 1900: Friedrich Nietz, German philosopher
- 1906: Max one of Eyth, German engineer and writer
- 1908: Antoine Henri Becquerel, French physicist, discoverer of the radioactivity, Nobelpreisträger
- 1919: Viktor Knorre, Russian astronomer
- 1925: Franz count Conradof Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal
- 1928: Alfred Meyer Waldeck, German naval officer
- 1935: Mack Swain, US-American actor
- 1935: Thomas Alva Edison jr., US-American inventor
- 1936: Grigori Jewsejewitsch Sinowjew, Russian politician, communist
- 1936: LewBorissowitsch come-new, Soviet politician
- 1939: January Vos, Netherlands football player
- 1948: Hermann Gieseler, union official
- 1955: Heinrich Spoerl, German writer (the Feuerzangenbowle)
- 1956: Alfred Charles Kinsey, US-American Sexualfor
- 1957: Leo Perutz,Austrian writer
- 1966: Wolfgang long-hope, German actor, director and communist
- 1967: Paul Muni, US-amerikanischer actor
- 1972: Juan Carlo Paz, Argentine composer
- 1973: Karl ago man flat, German journalist and politician
- 1979: Stan Kenton, US-American picking up vein
- 1984: Rudolf Harms, German writer
- 1984: Truman Capote of US-American writers
- 1987: Willi Weyer, German sport functionary
- 1990: Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer
- 1996: Pure hard Libuda, German football player
- 1997: Robert pin GET, Swiss writer
- 1999: George Thomalla, German actor
- 2000: Carl bark, US-American painter, Cartoonist and Texter
- 2001: Aaliyah Haughton, US-American R&B singer
- 2004: Carl Szokoll, Austrian film producer and author
- 2004: Marcelo Gonzáles Martín, archbishop of Toledo and cardinal
- 2004: Otto Anton Eder, Austrian actor and director
- 2005: Peter Glotz, SPD-Politiker
- 2005: Terence Morgan, British actor
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celebration and anniversaries
- church anniversaries:
- Hl. Titus (orthodox)
see also: Historical anniversaries, time scale
