On August 25, history records 44 notable events, 205 famous births and 116 deaths, spanning the years 357 to 1630.
Events on this day include: Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Stra... (357); Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and... (766).
Notable people born on August 25 include Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (1467), Innocenzo Cybo (1491), Ippolito II d'Este (1509).
Notable figures who died on this day include Saint Maginus (306), Gratian (383), Gennadius of Constantinople (471).
Events on 25 August 44
See all →Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.
The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
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Birthdays on 25 August 205
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Deaths on 25 August 116
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