This Day In European History

25th August

Events
325: The First Councel of Nicaea ends.
1758: The Battle of Zorndorf between Prussia and Russia, among the bloodiest battles of the Seven Years War.
1919: The world's first daily international air service beginsbetween London and Paris.

Births
1530 Tsar Ivan IV, the Terrible, of Russia.
1744: Johann von Herder, German theologian.
1845: King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
1900: Hans Kreb, Anglo-German scientist.

Deaths
383: Roman Emperor Gratian.
1270: King Louis IX of France.
1688: Henry Morgan, Welsh pirate and governor of Jamaica.
1776: David Hume, Scottish philosopher.
1819: James Watt, Scottish steam engine inventor.
1867: Michael Faraday, English scientist.
1900: Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher.
1908: Antoine-Henri Becquerel, French scientist.

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