July 25th, 1539

Born on July 25th, 1539

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 25th?

July 25th, 2010

WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.

July 25th, 2007

Pratibha Patil (pictured) was sworn in as the first female president of India.

July 25th, 2000

Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.

July 25th, 1976

The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.

July 25th, 1965

Bob Dylan, who had previously been known for folk music, gave a controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival playing songs with an electric guitar.

July 25th, 1950

Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.

July 25th, 1948

Australia (captain pictured) set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England.

July 25th, 1898

Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.

July 25th, 1893

The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.

July 25th, 1788

Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant minor-key symphonies.

July 25th, 1591

Eighty Years' War: Dutch and English forces relieved the siege of Knodsenburg in the Spanish Netherlands, having defeated the Duke of Parma's army in the field.

July 25th, 1547

Henry II was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.

July 25th, 1261

Nicaean–Latin wars: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture Constantinople, leading to the reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Latin Empire.

July 25th, 0306

Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus.

July 25th, 2019

National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.

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

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

80

Diane de France, Duchess of Angoulême

French noble (1538-1619)

*July 25th, 1538, Paris †January 11th, 1619, Paris

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

50

Roberto Guerra

Italian actor

*July 25th, 1973, Florence

67

Frances Arnold

Nobel prize winning US scientist and engineer

*July 25th, 1956, Pittsburgh

52

Magnus, Duke of Östergötland

Swedish prince; son of Gustav I of Sweden and Margareta Leijonhufvud

*July 25th, 1542, Stockholm †June 26th, 1595, Vreta

100

John B. Goodenough

American materials scientist (1922–2023)

*July 25th, 1922, Jena †June 25th, 2023, Austin

89

Elias Canetti

Bulgarian-born Swiss and British jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer

*July 25th, 1905, Ruse †August 14th, 1994, Zürich

69

Jürgen Trittin

German Green politician

*July 25th, 1954, Vegesack

58

Olivier Py

French actor, theater director and author of stage works

*July 25th, 1965, Grasse

56

Matt LeBlanc

American actor

*July 25th, 1967, Newton

49

Gareth Thomas

Welsh rugby player

*July 25th, 1974, Sarn

49

Katō Kiyomasa

16th-century Japanese daimyo

*July 25th, 1562, Myōgyō-ji †August 2nd, 1611, Kumamoto

39

Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland

English noble

*July 25th, 1421, Leconfield †March 29th, 1461, Battle of Towton

38

Guillaume Levarlet

Road bicycle racer

*July 25th, 1985, Beauvais

81

Arthur Balfour

British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930)

*July 25th, 1848, Whittingehame †March 19th, 1930, Woking

72

Jack Thompson

American activist and disbarred attorney

*July 25th, 1951, Cleveland

64

Cornelis de Groot

Dutch university teacher (1546-1610)

*July 25th, 1546, Delft †July 25th, 1610, Leiden

54

Annastacia Palaszczuk

Australian politician

*July 25th, 1969, Durack

50

Tony Vincent

American actor-singer

*July 25th, 1973, Albuquerque

35

Paulinho

Brazilian association football player, born 1988

*July 25th, 1988, São Paulo

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Born in 1539

64

Fausto Sozzini

Polish-Italian theologian

*December 5th, 1539, Siena †March 4th, 1604, Lusławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

62

Paulus Melissus

German composer (1539-1602)

*December 20th, 1539, Mellrichstadt †February 3rd, 1602, Heidelberg

58

Franciscus Raphelengius

Flemish orientalist, text editor, printer, professor

*February 27th, 1539, Lannoy †July 20th, 1597, Leiden

51

Jost Amman

Swiss printmaker (1539-1591)

*May 12th, 1539, Zürich †March 17th, 1591, Nuremberg

77

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Spanish chronicler (1539-1616)

*April 12th, 1539, Cuzco †April 23rd, 1616, Córdoba

43

Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine

Electress Palatine by marriage

*February 13th, 1539, Kassel †March 15th, 1582, Heidelberg

63

Andreas Schato

German mathematician (1539-1603)

*August 19th, 1539, Torgau †March 17th, 1603, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Amalia of Neuenahr

German noble

*April 6th, 1539, Alpen †April 10th, 1602, Alpen

44

Louis VI

Elector Palatine

*July 4th, 1539, Simmern †October 22nd, 1583, Heidelberg

56

Louis Gonzaga

Duke of Nevers, Italian-French prince (1539-1595)

*September 18th, 1539, Mantua †October 23rd, 1595, Nesle

73

Salima Sultan Begum

Third wife and chief consort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1539–1613)

*March 5th, 1539, Kannauj †December 15th, 1612, Delhi

64

Christoph Pezel

German theologian

*March 5th, 1539, Plauen †February 25th, 1604, Bremen

49

Henry XI of Legnica

Thrice Duke of Legnica: 1551-1556 (under regency), 1559–1576 and 1580-1581

*February 23rd, 1539, Legnica †March 3rd, 1588, Kraków

71

Catherine Vasa of Sweden

Regent of East Frisia; Swedish princess, writer

*January 6th, 1539, Stockholm †December 21st, 1610, Berum

57

Pierre Pithou

French lawyer and scholar (1539-1596)

*November 1st, 1539, Troyes †November 1st, 1596, Nogent-sur-Seine

53

John White

English artist, and an early pioneer of English efforts to settle the New World (1540-1593)

*November 30th, 1539, London †January 1st, 1593, County Cork

64

George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Regent of Prussia

*April 5th, 1539, Ansbach †April 25th, 1603, Ansbach

60

Maria of Nassau

Countess of Nassau

*March 18th, 1539, Dillenburg †May 28th, 1599, Castle of Ulft

62

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Estouteville

(1539-1601)

*January 1st, 1539, La Fère †January 1st, 1601, Pontoise

79

Nicolò Donato

Doge of Venice (1539-1618)

*January 28th, 1539, Venice †May 9th, 1618, Venice

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