January 25th, 1079

Born on January 25th, 1079

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 345,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 688 days, exactly on May 20th, 2026, people who were born on January 25th, 1079 will be 346,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 25th?

January 25th, 1944

Representatives of the Chetnik movement began a four-day congress to organise political opposition to the Allied support of the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia.

January 25th, 2011

The Egyptian revolution began with protests (protester pictured) on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.

January 25th, 2010

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon, killing all 90 people on board.

January 25th, 2006

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza was arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.

January 25th, 2004

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

January 25th, 1998

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17.

January 25th, 1995

A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.

January 25th, 1993

Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.

January 25th, 1990

Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport and crashed into the village of Cove Neck, New York, resulting in the deaths of 73 people.

January 25th, 1971

Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.

January 25th, 1967

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.

January 25th, 1917

Serving as a British armed merchant cruiser, Laurentic (pictured) was sunk by German naval mines off the northern coast of Ireland, resulting in 354 deaths.

January 25th, 1890

American journalist Nellie Bly completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record 72 days.

January 25th, 1792

Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society to seek a "radical reform of parliament", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.

January 25th, 1704

English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies began a series of raids against the largely peaceful population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 25th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 25th?

31

Huang Yuxiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1993, Hangzhou

29

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

61

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

24

Johanita Scholtz

South African badminton player

*January 25th, 2000, Cape Town

49

Thomas Aquinas

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church

*January 25th, 1225, Roccasecca †March 7th, 1274, Fossanova Abbey

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

75

Eduard Meyer

German historian (1855–1930)

*January 25th, 1855, Hamburg †August 31st, 1930, Berlin

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

45

Pi Hongyan

French-Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1979, Chongqing

38

Kazuteru Kozai

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1986, Kumamoto Prefecture

30

Lee Chun Hei

Hong Kong badminton player

*January 25th, 1994, Hong Kong

46

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine since 2019

*January 25th, 1978, Kryvyi Rih

96

Ted White

American stuntman and actor

*January 25th, 1926, Texas †October 14th, 2022, California

27

Michelle Tong

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1997, Singapore

67

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927-1994)

*January 25th, 1927, Rio de Janeiro †December 8th, 1994, New York City

43

Alicia Keys

American singer

*January 25th, 1981, Hell's Kitchen

54

Thomas Solberg

Norwegian footballer

*January 25th, 1970, Oslo

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

*January 25th, 1882, Hyde Park Gate †March 28th, 1941, Lewes

64

Robert Boyle

Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

*January 25th, 1627, Lismore †December 31st, 1691, London

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

57

David Ginola

French association football player (born 1967)

*January 25th, 1967, Gassin

38

Vogue Williams

Irish model and media personality

*January 25th, 1986, Dublin

86

Eduard Shevardnadze

Georgian politician and diplomat (1928–2014)

*January 25th, 1928, Mamati †July 7th, 2014, Tbilisi

77

Elizabeth Allen

American actress (1929-2006)

*January 25th, 1929, Jersey City †September 19th, 2006, Fishkill

73

Paul-Henri Spaak

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud

47

Luke Roberts

Australian cyclist

*January 25th, 1977, Adelaide

39

Marco Parolo

Italian association football player

*January 25th, 1985, Gallarate

42

Noemi

Italian singer, screenwriter and music video director (1982-)

*January 25th, 1982, Rome

76

Corazon Aquino

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992

*January 25th, 1933, Paniqui †August 1st, 2009, Makati

44

Xavi Hernández

Spanish association football manager (born 1980)

*January 25th, 1980, Terrassa

41

Moritz Hellfritzsch

German director and screenwriter

*January 25th, 1983, Bonn

40

Robinho

Former Brazilian football player

*January 25th, 1984, São Vicente

66

Franz Baur

Austrian composer

*January 25th, 1958, Hall in Tirol

24

Remco Evenepoel

Belgian cyclist

*January 25th, 2000, Aalst

74

Jean-Marc Ayrault

Prime Minister of France (2012-2014)

*January 25th, 1950, Maulévrier

89

Robert Faurisson

French academic and Holocaust denier (1929–2018)

*January 25th, 1929, Shepperton †October 21st, 2018, Vichy

85

Leiji Matsumoto

Japanese manga artist (1938–2023)

*January 25th, 1938, Kurume †February 13th, 2023, Tokyo

40

Ondřej Hotárek

Figure skater

*January 25th, 1984, Brno

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Public holidays on January 25th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 25th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1079 is a normal year and no leap year.

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