What Happened on August 25?
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EVENTS ON AUGUST 25
Sack of Louvain
Year:
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.
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World War I
Year:
1914
World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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Kuomintang
Year:
1912
The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking.
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Russo-Japanese War
Year:
1904
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
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French Third Republic
Year:
1883
France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
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Kitasato Shibasaburō
Year:
1894
Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
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National Park Service
Year:
1916
The United States National Park Service is created.
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Polish–Soviet War
Year:
1920
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
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World War II
Year:
1940
World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
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Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Year:
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.
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BIRTHS ON AUGUST 25
Tom Kiely
Year of birth:
1869
Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete (died 1951)
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James W. Gerard
Year of birth:
1867
James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)
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Conrad Black
Year of birth:
1944
Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
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Jacques Demers
Year of birth:
1944
Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
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Agnes Mowinckel
Year of birth:
1875
Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (died 1963)
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Charlie Sanders
Year of birth:
1946
Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
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Charles Ghigna
Year of birth:
1946
Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
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Nicholas A. Peppas
Year of birth:
1948
Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
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Michael Kaluta
Year of birth:
1947
Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
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Keith Tippett
Year of birth:
1947
Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
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DEATHS ON AUGUST 25
Henri Becquerel
Year of death:
1908
Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
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Henri Fantin-Latour
Year of death:
1904
Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (born 1836)
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Mary Tappan Wright
Year of death:
1916
Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (born 1851)
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Nikolai Gumilev
Year of death:
1921
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (born 1886)
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Mariano Álvarez
Year of death:
1924
Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (born 1818)
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Velma Caldwell Melville
Year of death:
1924
Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (born 1858)
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Year of death:
1900
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (born 1844)
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William Champ
Year of death:
1892
William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (born 1808)
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James Watt
Year of death:
1819
James Watt, Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736)
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Stephen Badlam
Year of death:
1815
Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (born 1751)
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HOLIDAYS ON AUGUST 25
Pedro Vásquez
Christian feast day: Blessed Pedro Vásquez
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Miguel de Carvalho
Christian feast day: Blessed Miguel de Carvalho
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Menas of Constantinople
Christian feast day: Menas of Constantinople
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Thomas de Cantilupe
Christian feast day: Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford)
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August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Armed Forces Day
Soldier's Day (Brazil)
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Day of Songun
Day of Songun (North Korea)
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Luis Sotelo
Christian feast day: Blessed Luis Sotelo
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Ludovicus Sasada
Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Sasada
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Genesius of Rome
Christian feast day: Genesius of Rome
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