April 7th, 1525

Born on April 7th, 1525

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 7th?

April 7th, 2017

A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.

April 7th, 1995

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

April 7th, 1994

Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

April 7th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

April 7th, 1972

Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.

April 7th, 1964

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while he was protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

April 7th, 1949

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.

April 7th, 1948

The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.

April 7th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.

April 7th, 1926

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

April 7th, 1896

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.

April 7th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time, in Hardin County, Tennessee.

April 7th, 1655

After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII (pictured).

April 7th, 2001

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

April 7th, 1824

The Mechanics' Institution is established in Manchester, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the University of Manchester, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 7th?

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

80

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

*April 7th, 1770, Cockermouth †April 23rd, 1850, Rydal Mount

46

Francis Xavier

Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)

*April 7th, 1506, Javier †December 3rd, 1552, Shangchuan Island

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

*April 7th, 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

48

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 7th, 1963, Meckesheim †September 1st, 2016, Meckesheim

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

*April 7th, 1951, Brooklyn †December 5th, 2002, Amagansett

68

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

27

Oliver Burke

Scottish association football player (born 1997)

*April 7th, 1997, Kirkcaldy

39

KC Concepcion

Filipina actress and singer (born 1985)

*April 7th, 1985, Manila

Same year
Born in 1525

37

Lelio Sozzini

Italian theologian

*January 29th, 1525, Siena †May 4th, 1562, Zürich

84

Carolus Clusius

Flemish doctor and botanist (1526–1609)

*February 19th, 1525, Arras †April 4th, 1609, Leiden

47

Rafael Bombelli

Italian mathematician

*November 30th, 1525, Borgo Panigale †November 30th, 1572, Rome

58

Afife Nurbanu Sultan

Haseki Sultan and legal wife of Selim II, mother of Murad III

*January 1st, 1525, Paros †December 7th, 1583, Istanbul

77

Caspar Peucer

German physician (1525-1602)

*January 6th, 1525, Bautzen †September 25th, 1602, Dessau

61

Juraj Drašković

Catholic cardinal

*February 5th, 1525, Bilina, Croatia †January 31st, 1587, Vienna

61

Giuliano Gosellini

Italian poet (1525-1587)

*March 12th, 1525, Rome †February 13th, 1587, Milan

70

Rocco Guerrini

Italian architect and military engineer (1525-1596)

*December 24th, 1525, Marradi †December 22nd, 1596, Spandau

49

Ulrich Sitzinger

German jurist

*April 11th, 1525, Worms †October 31st, 1574, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

72

Caspar Cruciger the Younger

German theologian

*March 19th, 1525, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 16th, 1597, Kassel

58

Steven Borough

English navigator

*September 25th, 1525, Devon †July 12th, 1584, Chatham

50

John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin

*December 23rd, 1525, Güstrow †February 12th, 1576, Schwerin

63

Tilemann Stella

German librarian, mathematician, cartographer, astronomer and geodesist

*April 15th, 1525, Siegen †February 18th, 1589, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

58

Ulrich Fugger

(1526-1584)

*November 30th, 1525, Augsburg †November 30th, 1583, Heidelberg

72

Jacques Goyon de Matignon

French politician

*September 26th, 1525, Lonrai †July 27th, 1598, Lesparre-Médoc

60

Peter Agricola

German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar and theologian, diplomat and statesman

*June 29th, 1525, Holzheim †July 22nd, 1585, Randersacker

41

Justus Jonas der Jüngere

German jurist, politician and diplomat (1525-1567)

*December 3rd, 1525, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †June 28th, 1567, Copenhagen

74

Tadeáš Hájek

Czech astronomist and mathematician

*December 1st, 1525, Prague †September 1st, 1600, Prague

49

Georg Cracow

German lawyer and politician (1525-1575)

*November 7th, 1525, Szczecin †March 17th, 1575, Leipzig

73

Urban of Trennbach

Austrian prince-bishop

*May 10th, 1525, Sankt Martin im Innkreis †August 9th, 1598, Passau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1525 is a normal year and no leap year.

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