August 25th

August 25 is the 237th (two hundred and thirty-seventh) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days left to end the year.

Events

• 79: near Pompeii (Italy), second day of the lethal eruption of the Vesuvius volcano.
• 1258: Michael VIII Paleologist performs a coup d'etat with which he begins his rise to the power of the Empire of Nicea, the future restorer of the Roman Empire of the East (Byzantine).
• 1270: End of the Eighth Crusade with the death of Louis IX of France.
• 1580: In the Battle of Alcántara, the troops of Philip II defeated those of the prior of Cratus in the struggle for the crown of Portugal.
• 1594: In the Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata the city of San Luis is founded.
• 1609: In the Republic of Venice, Galileo Galilei presents and demonstrates his first telescope before the Senate.
• 1635: In the southeast of New England (United States) a violent hurricane rages several villages and kills 46 people.
• 1758: Russian troops retreat after the undecided battle against the Prussians in Zorndorf, Poland.
• 1825: The Eastern Province declares its independence from Brazil and its union to the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata.
• 1830: the Belgian Revolution begins.
• 1883: In Indonesia, the violent eruption of the Krakatoa volcano continues, which will explode on 27 August and leave a balance of 36,417 fatalities.
• 1898: In the Philippines, during the Baler Site, the first soldier dies because of the Berberi.
• 1908: in the province of San Juan (Argentina) the department Sarmiento is created by law.
• 1931: In the east of China, the water of the Great China Canal drags several dikes at night near Lake Gaoyou. Some 200,000 people were drowning. Between July and November 1931, about 4 million people were killed by floods and related diseases, such as cholera and typhus.
• 1933: In the Chinese town of Dieshi (Sichuan), an earthquake kills 9000 people.
• 1939: In Germany, under the command of Friedrich Dollmann, the 7th Wehrmacht Army, part of the C Army Group (formed one day later) is activated under the command of Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. This Army Group will position itself on the French border, to avoid an alleged attack by France, while the Polish Invasion (Fall Weiss) is underway.
• 1944: In Paris, in the framework of the Second World War, the march is held for the liberation of the German Nazis.
• 1951: creation of the Colombian Oil Company (ECOPETROL), in Colombia.
• 1962: The Soviet Union launches its Sputnik 19 probe towards Venus, failing for a rocket failure to propel it out of the Earth orbit.
• 1971: in Nicaragua, the National Congress promulgates Legislative Decree No. 1908, Law on the Characteristics and Use of the Patriotic Symbols, which regulates the use of the Flag, the Shield and the National Anthem.
• 1989: American probe Voyager 2 It happens near Neptune.
• 1989: Kentaro Miura together with Young Animal publish the first chapter of the historic Berserk manga.
• 1991: Belarus is independent of the Soviet Union.
• 2000: South Korea, South Korean singer BoA makes her debut with her album ID;Peace B.
• 2008: in Honduras, President Manuel Zelaya signed the accession to ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean), which will be ratified by the National Congress on October 10.
• 2010: the American company Time Warner announces the purchase of the Chilean television channel Chilevisión, owned by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, at about $140 million.
• 2010: In Pasto, Colombia, the Galeras volcano erupted at 4:00 (local time).
• 2011: in Monterrey, hitmen at the Royale Casino, causing 52 deaths.
• 2012: In the Falcon State (Venezuela), the Amuay Refining Complex, one of the world's largest oil refineries, suffers an explosion and a subsequent fire that causes at least 55 dead and more than 100 wounded. Explosion at the Amuay refinery.
• 2012: American Spacecraft Voyager 1 it moves away from 121 astronomical units and leaves the solar system, becoming the first object created by man to reach interstellar space.

Births

• 1530: Ivan the Terrible, Russian tsar (f. 1584).
• 1707: Louis I, king of Spain (f. 1724).
• 1744: Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher.
• 1752: Karl Mack von Leiberich, Austrian military (f. 1828).
• 1780: Agustín Agualongo, a pro-Spanish Colombian leader (f. 1824).
• 1786: Louis I of Bavaria, King Bavarian (f. 1868).
• 1789: John Miers, British botanist (f. 1879).
• 1830: Ignacio Luis Vallarta, Mexican politician (f. 1893).
• 1841: Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss doctor, nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1909 (f. 1917).
• 1845: Louis II, King Bavarian (f. 1886).
• 1849: Manuel Acuña, Mexican poet (f. 1873).
• 1850: Charles Robert Richet, French doctor, nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1913 (f. 1935).
• 1865: Martín Malharro, Argentine painter (f. 1911).
• 1885: Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian filmmaker
• 1888: Manuel L. Barragán, entrepreneur, journalist and Mexican philanthropist (f. 1980).
• 1894: Leopoldo Magenti Chelvi, composer, pianist, teacher and Spanish musical critic (f. 1969).
• 1898: Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (f. 1979).
• 1899: Irene Caba Alba, Spanish actress (f. 1957).
• 1900: Hans Adolf Krebs, a British scientist of German origin, a nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1953 (f. 1981).
• 1900: José María de la Vega Samper, Spanish architect (f. 1980).
• 1902: Stefan Wolpe, American composer of German origin (f. 1972).
• 1903: Árpád Elő, a U.S. man of Hungarian origin (f. 1992).
• 1905: María Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun (f. 1938).
• 1909: Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and Canadian dancer (f. 1993).
• 1909: Michael Rennie, British actor (f. 1971).
• 1910: Dorothea Tanning, American painter and writer (f. 2012).
• 1911: André Leroi-Gourhan, French prehistor (f. 1986).
• 1911: Vo Nguyen Giap, politician and general of the People's Army of Vietnam (f. 2013).
• 1912: Erich Honecker, President of the German Democratic Republic (f. 1994).
• 1912: Narcissus Ibáñez Menta, Argentine actor (f. 2004).
• 1916: Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician, nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1954 (f. 2003).
• 1916: Van Johnson, American actor (f. 2008).
• 1917: Mel Ferrer, an American actor (f. 2008).
• 1918: Leonard Bernstein, director of American orchestra and composer (f. 1990).
• 1918: Richard Greene, British actor (f. 1985).
• 1919: Ernst Barkmann, German military (f. 2009).
• 1919: George Wallace, American politician (f. 1998).
• 1922: Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist (f. 2020).
• 1923: Alvaro Mutis, a Colombian writer (f. 2013).
• 1924: José María Muñoz, locutor, rapporteur and Argentine sports journalist (f. 1992).
• 1925: Maurice Pialat, French filmmaker (f. 2003).
• 1925: Juanita Reina, singer of Spanish coplas and actress (f. 1999).
• 1927: Althea Gibson, American tennis player (f. 2003).
• 1927: Ferruccio Musitelli, photographer and Uruguayan filmmaker (f. 2013).
• 1928: Herbert Kroemer, U.S. physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000.
• 1930: Sean Connery, actor and producer of Scottish cinema (f. 2020).
• 1931: Regis Philbin, American television driver (f. 2020).
• 1931: Jorge Sobral, Argentine actor and singer (f. 2005).
• 1932: Luis Félix López, doctor, writer and Ecuadorian politician (f. 2008).
• 1933: Wayne Shorter, jazz composer and American saxophoneist.
• 1933: Tom Skerritt, American actor.
• 1934: Luis Bates, Chilean lawyer.
• 1936: Hugh Hudson, British filmmaker.
• 1938: Frederick Forsyth, British writer.
• 1939: John Badham, British-American filmmaker.
• 1940: José van Dam, Belgian baritone.
• 1943: Tonono, Spanish footballer (f. 1975).
• 1944: Frei Betto, theologian, Catholic Dominican priest and Brazilian essayist, exponent of Liberation Theology.
• 1944: Anthony Heald, American actor.
• 1944: Eduardo Naranjo, Spanish painter.
• 1944: Hugo Giménez Agüero, Argentine singer (f. 2011).
• 1948: Henk Tjon, playwright of Suriname (f. 2009).
• 1949: Martin Amis, British novelist.
• 1949: Gene Simmons, musician, bassist and Israeli-American vocalist of the Kiss band.
• 1949: Salif Keïta, musician, singer and Malian composer, activist in defense of albino children.
• 1949: Eloy Cavazos, Mexican bullfighter.
• 1950: Willy DeVille, American singer (f. 2009).
• 1951: Rob Halford, British singer, of the band Judas Priest.
• 1952: Geoff Downes, British rock player, Yes and Asia bands.
• 1954: Elvis Costello, musician, singer and British composer.
• 1956: Daniel Urresti, Peruvian military and political.
• 1956: Isaura Espinoza, Mexican actress.
• 1958: Tim Burton, American filmmaker.
• 1961: Billy Ray Cyrus, American actor and singer.
• 1962: Vivian Campbell, Irish musician of the Def Leppard band.
• 1963: Avi Ran, an Israeli footballer (f. 1987).
• 1964: Eduard Fernández, Spanish actor.
• 1964: Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician.
• 1964: Blair Underwood, American actor.
• 1965: Mia Zapata, American singer (f. 1993).
• 1966: Derek Sherinian, American bands keyboard player Dream Theater, Planet X, Platypus.
• 1966: Ricardo Henao, Colombian sports journalist.
• 1967: Jeff Tweedy, American singer of the Wilco band.
• 1968: Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer of the band Belle & Sebastian.
• 1969: Aaron Jeffrey, New Zealand actor.
• 1970: Robert Horry, American basketball player.
• 1970: Claudia Schiffer, German model.
• 1971: Rene Bertrand, director of theater and Argentine actor.
• 1972: Andrea Noli, Mexican actress of television and theatre.
• 1972: Joe Wright, British filmmaker.
• 1973: Fatih Akin, Turkish-German filmmaker.
• 1973: Felipe Ibáñez, Argentine designer.
• 1973: Gianluca Rocchi, Italian referee.
• 1973: Rafael Henzel, Brazilian radio announcer, survivor of LaMia Flight 2933 (f. 2019).
• 1974: Eric Millegan, American actor.
• 1976: Alexander Skarsgård, actor, filmmaker and Swedish screenwriter.
• 1977: Diego Corrales, American boxer (f. 2007).
• 1978: Eduardo Bertrán, Chilean filmmaker.
• 1978: Kel Mitchell, American actor.
• 1979: Marlon Harewood, British footballer.
• 1981: Rachel Bilson, American actress.
• 1983: James Rossiter, British Formula 1 pilot.
• 1983: Jairo Arrieta, Costa Rican footballer.
• 1983: Juan Coronado, Dominican basketball player.
• 1986: Maria Fernanda Quiroz, Mexican actress.
• 1987: Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer.
• 1987: Blake Lively, American actress and model.
• 1987: Justin Upton, American baseball player.
• 1987: Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer.
• 1988: Alexandra Burke, British singer.
• 1988: Ouwo Moussa Maazou, Nigerian footballer.
• 1989: Facundo Conte, Argentine volleyballist.
• 1989: Anais Vivas, Venezuelan singer.
• 1990: David Bustos, Spanish athlete.
• 1991: Michelle Álvarez, Mexican actress and singer.
• 1994: Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Australian actress and model
• 1997: Diego Alende, Spanish footballer.
• 1998: China Anne McClain, American actress and singer.
• 1998: Abraham Mateo, singer, actor, dancer and Spanish composer.
• 2000: Nicki Nicole, Argentine singer.

Deaths

• 79?: Plinius the Old, Roman writer and commander (n. 23).
• 306: Magín de Tarragona, hermit and martyr of Tarragona.
• 386: Grace to the Young, Roman Emperor (n. 359).
• 968: Edgiva de Kent, English noble.
• 1091: Sisnando Davídiz, a Mozarabian Jewish politician.
• 1270: Louis IX of France, King and Holy French (n. 1214).
• 1482: Margaret of Anjou, queen consort english (n. 1430).
• 1648: Joseph of Calasanz, a saint and a Spanish Catholic priest, founder of the Pyas Schools (Philippine Fathers) (n. 1557).
• 1685: Francisco Herrera el Mozo, a Spanish painter (n. 1622).
• 1688: Henry Morgan, an outstanding English corsair who had actions in America (n. 1635).
• 1774: Niccolo Jommelli, Italian composer (n. 1714).
• 1776: David Hume, philosopher, economist and Scottish historian (n. 1711).
• 1819: James Watt, British inventor (n. 1736).
• 1822: William Herschel, German astronomer (n. 1738).
• 1840: Karl Leberecht Immermann, German writer (n. 1796).
• 1867: Michael Faraday, British physical and chemical (n. 1791).
• 1883: Heinrich Ludwig Hermann Müller, German botanist and zoologist (n. 1829).
• 1887: Pedro Pablo Atusparia, a Peruvian indigenous peasant leader (n. 1840).
• 1890: Irene Morales, Chilean military (n. 1865).
• 1891: Paul Amédée Ludovic Savatier, a French physician and explorer (n. 1830).
• 1894: Auguste Cain, French sculptor (n. 1821).
• 1900: Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (n. 1844).
• 1906: Charles Baron Clarke, British botanist (n. 1832).
• 1908: Henri Becquerel, French physicist (n. 1852).
• 1919: Viktor Knorre, Russian astronomer (n. 1840).
• 1936: Grigori Zinoviev, a Soviet communist politician (n. 1883).
• 1947: Rafael Cepeda, doctor, military and Mexican politician (n. 1872).
• 1947: Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (n. 1870).
• 1957: Umberto Saba, Italian poet (n. 1883).
• 1960: Augustine Sancho, Spanish footballer (n. 1896).
• 1972: Juan Planelles Ripoll, Spanish doctor (n. 1900).
• 1976: Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist, nobel literature award in 1974 (n. 1900).
• 1978: Juan de Ajuriaguerra, leader of the PNV during the Civil War and Francoism (n. 1903).
• 1979: Stan Kenton, American musician (n. 1911).
• 1984: Truman Capote, American writer (n. 1924).
• 1985: Samantha Smith, American pacifist (n. 1972).
• 1985: Nicolás Alfredo Alessio, musician, composer and Argentine teacher (n. 1919).
• 1987: Héctor Abad Gómez, writer, journalist, politician, doctor and Colombian activist.
• 1988: Art Rooney, American businessman, founder of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers team (n. 1901).
• 1988: Françoise Dolto, French pediatrician and psychoanalyst (n. 1908)
• 1997: Clodomiro Almeyda, Chilean politician (n. 1923).
• 2000: Carl Barks, American hysterist and writer (n. 1901).
• 2001: Aaliyah, American singer (n. 1979).
• 2001: Ken Tyrrell, pilot and owner of British motor racing equipment (n. 1924).
• 2004: Marcelo González Martín, Spanish cardinal (n. 1918).
• 2004: Carl Szokoll, a leading member of the Austrian Resistance in World War II (n. 1915).
• 2005: Rafael Termes, Spanish banker (n. 1918).
• 2005: Olga Ramos, Spanish singer (n. 1918).
• 2007: Raymond Barre, French Prime Minister (n. 1924).
• 2007: José Pedro Damiani, Uruguayan politician, president of the Atlético Peñarol Club (n. 1921).
• 2007: Benjamin Rubio, Spanish trade unionist (n. 1925).
• 2008: Elvira Dávila Ortiz, a Colombian nurse, a pioneer in nursing and blood banks in Ibero-America (n. 1917).
• 2008: Joseph Tal, Israeli composer (n. 1910).
• 2009: Ted Kennedy, American politician (n. 1932).
• 2010: Guillermo Blanco, writer, journalist and Chilean professor (n. 1926).
• 2011: Eugene Nida, American bibist (n. 1914).
• 2011: Laurie McAllister, American rock bassist (n. 1958).
• 2012: Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (n. 1930).
• 2012: León Benaros, Argentine poet and historian (n. 1915).
• 2012: Roberto González Barrera, a Mexican entrepreneur and philanthropist (n. 1930).
• 2013: Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (n. 1930).
• 2018: John McCain, American politician (n. 1937).
• 2018: Lindsay Kemp, actor, choreographer and British mime (n. 1938).
• 2019: Ferdinand Piëch, engineer, magnate and Austrian businessman (n. 1937).
• 2019: Julio del Mar, Colombian actor (n. 1943).
• 2019: Blanca Fernández Ochoa Spanish skier (n. 1963).
• 2020: Arnold Spielberg, American Electrical Engineer and Father of Steven Spielberg (n. 1917)

Celebrations

• Argentina: Peluquero Day.
• SpainSpain:
  • Cartagena: Romería to the monastery of San Ginés de la Jara.
  • Adahuesca: Santas Santa Nunilo and Santa Alodia.
  • Mirra field: Theatrical representation of the Almizra treaty.
  • Lupiñen: Festivals in honor of San Ginés.
  • Sangenjo: Festivals in honor of San Ginés.
  • Arrecife: Festivals in San Ginés.
  • Closure: Celebrations in honor of San Ginés.
  • Colindres: Celebrations in honor of San Ginés.
  • Albondón: Fiesta in honor of San Luis.
  • Alar del Rey: Feast in honor of Saint Louis, king of France.
  • Gascueña (Cuenca): Festivals in honor of San Ginés.
• Paraguay Paraguay: Guaraní Language Day
• Uruguay Uruguay: Declaration of Independence.

Catholic saints list

• San José de Calasanz (optional)
• San Luis (optional)

Saints

• San Aredio de Limoges
• Santa Ebba
• St. Eusebius of Rome
• San Genesio de Arlés
• San Genesio de Brescelo
• Saint Genesius of Rome
• Saint Genadio of Constantinople
• San Gerundio
• San Gregorio de Utrecth
• San Ginés de la Jara
• San Hermes de Eretum
• Santa Hunegunda
• San Julián de Syria
• San Julio de Eretum
• San Marciano de Saignon
• San Menas de Constantinople
• San Nemesio
• Saint Patricia of Constantinople
• San Peregrino
• Saint Pontian of Rome
• San Severo
• Saint Thomas of Hereford
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• San Urlo

Blessed

• IBeato Alejandro Dordi
• Beato Andrés Bordino
• Blessed Andrew Gim Gwang-Ok and Pedro Gim Jeong-Duk
• Blessed Mary of the Transit
• Beata María Troncatti
• Blessed Paul John Charles
• Blessed Pedro de Calidis