October 25th, 1288

Born on October 25th, 1288

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 268,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 301 days, exactly on April 25th, 2025, people who were born on October 25th, 1288 will be 269,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 25th?

October 25th, 1924

The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation, pushing the Conservative Party to a landslide victory in the UK general election four days later.

October 25th, 1920

Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney (pictured) died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention.

October 25th, 1864

American Civil War: During Price's Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River.

October 25th, 1854

Crimean War: Lord Cardigan led his cavalry on a disastrous assault in the Battle of Balaclava.

October 25th, 1760

George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II.

October 25th, 1616

Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog left a plate on an island in Shark Bay, the oldest-known artifact of European exploration in Australia still in existence.

October 25th, 1415

Hundred Years' War: The army of Henry V of England, consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.

October 25th, 1147

Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal (pictured) captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in one of the few Christian victories during the Second Crusade.

October 25th, 2022

At 49 days, Liz Truss concludes the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

October 25th, 2010

Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.

October 25th, 2001

Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.

October 25th, 1980

Proceedings on the Hague Abduction Convention, a multilateral treaty providing an expeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation to another, concluded at The Hague.

October 25th, 1950

The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War.

October 25th, 1944

USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo.

October 25th, 1932

George Lansbury (pictured) became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party.

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

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

91

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

*October 25th, 1881, Málaga †April 8th, 1973, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins

59

Maxi Mounds

American pornographic actress

*October 25th, 1964, Valley Stream

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin( 당진시)

36

Georges Bizet

French composer (1838–1875)

*October 25th, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne †June 3rd, 1875, Bougival

39

Katy Perry

American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality (1984)

*October 25th, 1984, Santa Barbara

58

Darren Hall

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1965, Walthamstow

79

Annie Girardot

French actress (1931-2011)

*October 25th, 1931, 10th arrondissement of Paris †February 28th, 2011, 10th arrondissement of Paris

89

Barbara Cook

American actress and singer (1927-2017)

*October 25th, 1927, Atlanta †August 8th, 2017, Manhattan

95

Marion Ross

American actress

*October 25th, 1928, Watertown

77

Anthony Franciosa

American actor (1928–2006)

*October 25th, 1928, New York City †January 19th, 2006, Los Angeles

71

Wendy Hall

British computer scientist (1952-)

*October 25th, 1952, London

23

Vincent Zhou

American figure skater

*October 25th, 2000, San Jose

61

David Furnish

Canadian filmmaker

*October 25th, 1962, Scarborough

84

Bo Carpelan

Finnish writer

*October 25th, 1926, Helsinki †February 11th, 2011, Espoo

73

Johann Strauss II

Austrian composer (1825-1899)

*October 25th, 1825, Neubau †June 3rd, 1899, Vienna

63

Chris Buck

American animator and film director

*October 25th, 1960, Wichita

56

Maik Landsmann

East German racing cyclist

*October 25th, 1967, Erfurt

42

Josh Henderson

American actor, model and singer

*October 25th, 1981, Dallas

31

Davide Formolo

Italian cyclist

*October 25th, 1992, Negrar di Valpolicella

59

Kevin Michael Richardson

American actor (born 1964)

*October 25th, 1964, The Bronx

38

Ciara

American singer, songwriter, actress and model

*October 25th, 1985, Fort Cavazos

85

Aleksander Einseln

Estonian military personnel

*October 25th, 1931, Tallinn †March 16th, 2017, Tallinn

64

Vendramino Bariviera

Road bicycle racer

*October 25th, 1937, Rome †November 23rd, 2001, Conegliano

52

Pietro Sermonti

Italian actor

*October 25th, 1971, Rome

24

Giuliano de' Medici

Italian politician (1469-1478)

*October 25th, 1453, Florence †April 26th, 1478, Florence Cathedral

91

Mary Schneider

Singer/ Performer

*October 25th, 1932, Rockhampton

66

Nancy Cartwright

American actress

*October 25th, 1957, Dayton

78

Helen Reddy

Australian singer and actress (1941–2020)

*October 25th, 1941, Melbourne †September 29th, 2020, Los Angeles

74

Brian Kerwin

Actor

*October 25th, 1949, Chicago

59

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

British historian and politician (1800–1859)

*October 25th, 1800, Rothley Court †December 28th, 1859, London

69

Laura Łącz

Polish actress

*October 25th, 1954, Warsaw

60

Melinda McGraw

American actress

*October 25th, 1963, Nicosia

52

Elif Şafak

Turkish writer (1971–)

*October 25th, 1971, Strasbourg

53

Adam Pascal

American actor and singer

*October 25th, 1970, The Bronx

20

Évariste Galois

French mathematician (1811-1832)

*October 25th, 1811, Bourg-la-Reine †May 31st, 1832, Paris

96

Michael I of România

Last king of Romania (r. 1927–1930, 1940–1947)

*October 25th, 1921, Foișor Castle †December 5th, 2017, Aubonne

86

Galina Vishnevskaya

Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist

*October 25th, 1926, Saint Petersburg †December 11th, 2012, Moscow

61

Martin Haase

German linguist

*October 25th, 1962, Dortmund

50

Suheir Hammad

American poet, author, performer, and political activist

*October 25th, 1973, Amman

48

Zadie Smith

English novelist, essayist and short-story writer

*October 25th, 1975, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1288 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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