January 25th, 1536

Born on January 25th, 1536

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 178,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 676 days, exactly on February 24th, 2026, people who were born on January 25th, 1536 will be 179,000 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

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

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

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

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

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

64

Robert Boyle

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

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

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

27

Michelle Tong

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1997, Singapore

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

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

59

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

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

43

Alicia Keys

American singer

*January 25th, 1981, Hell's Kitchen

54

Thomas Solberg

Norwegian footballer

*January 25th, 1970, Oslo

Same year
Born in 1536

62

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

16th century Japanese samurai and daimyo

*February 2nd, 1536, Nakamura-ku †September 18th, 1598, Fushimi Castle

69

Clement VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605

*February 24th, 1536, Fano †March 3rd, 1605, Rome

47

Yi I

Joseon civil servant & Neo-Confucianist (1536 – 1584)

*December 26th, 1536, Gangneung †January 1st, 1584, Hanseongbu

87

Juan de Mariana

Spanish historian

*September 25th, 1536, Talavera de la Reina †February 17th, 1624, Toledo

57

Antonio Calcagni

Italian artist (1536-1593)

*January 1st, 1536, Recanati †January 1st, 1593, Recanati

29

Ashikaga Yoshiteru

13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate

*March 31st, 1536, Nanzen-ji †June 17th, 1565, Kyoto

67

Stephan Praetorius

German theologian

*May 3rd, 1536, Salzwedel †May 4th, 1603, Salzwedel

52

Sassa Narimasa

Daimyo

*February 6th, 1536, Nagoya †August 7th, 1588, Fushimi Castle

50

Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

Prince of Anhalt

*October 21st, 1536, Dessau †December 6th, 1586, Dessau

64

Karel Utenhove

Belgian writer

*March 18th, 1536, Ghent †August 31st, 1600, Cologne

51

Diego Durán

Dominican friar (1537-1588)

*November 30th, 1536, Seville †November 30th, 1587, Mexico City

71

Matthaeus Dresser

German historian (1536-1607)

*August 24th, 1536, Erfurt †October 5th, 1607, Leipzig

66

Santi di Tito

Italian painter (1536-1603)

*December 5th, 1536, Florence †July 25th, 1603, Florence

31

Margaret of Austria

Austrian archduchess

*February 16th, 1536, Innsbruck †March 12th, 1567, Hall in Tirol

80

Achille de Harlay, seigneur de Beaumont

French politician (1536-1616)

*March 7th, 1536, Paris †October 23rd, 1616, Paris

61

Barbara of Hesse

16th-century German noblewoman

*April 8th, 1536, Kassel †June 8th, 1597, Schloss Waldeck

82

Johann Peiligk

German politician (1536-1618)

*March 25th, 1536, Leipzig †November 30th, 1618, Leipzig

33

Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden

*January 22nd, 1536, Baden-Baden †October 3rd, 1569, Moncontour

35

Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen

Burggraf von Meissen

*December 29th, 1536, Meissen †January 22nd, 1572, Schleiz

78

Marcantonio Memmo

Doge of Venice (1536-1615)

*November 11th, 1536, Venice †October 31st, 1615, Venice

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Leap year

Yes: 1536 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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