January 25th, 1571

Born on January 25th, 1571

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 166,000 days old!

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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

Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.

January 25th, 2010

Avatar, a science-fiction film directed by James Cameron, became the highest-grossing film of all time.

January 25th, 2006

Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 ± 3,300 light-years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.

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 people.

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 (pictured) completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record-breaking 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 year
Born in 1571

58

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

*December 27th, 1571, Weil der Stadt †November 15th, 1630, Regensburg

38

Caravaggio

Italian painter (1571–1610)

*September 29th, 1571, Milan †July 18th, 1610, Porto Ercole

59

John Donne

English poet and cleric (1572–1631)

*November 30th, 1571, London †March 31st, 1631, London

49

Johannes Fabri

German physician (1571-1620)

*April 1st, 1571, Dußlingen †August 9th, 1620, Tübingen

55

Apollonia Radermecher

German nun (1571–1626)

*September 9th, 1571, Aachen †December 31st, 1626, Aachen

65

Albert Hein

German jurist (1571-1636)

*February 17th, 1571, Rostock †August 31st, 1636, Rostock

62

Theodoor Galle

Flemish Baroque engraver

*July 16th, 1571, Antwerp †December 18th, 1633, Antwerp

68

Bartholomäus Battus

German theologian (1571-1639)

*September 10th, 1571, Hamburg †November 3rd, 1639, Greifswald

59

Jacob Matham

Engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*October 15th, 1571, Haarlem †January 20th, 1631, Haarlem

49

Pietro Aldobrandini

Catholic cardinal (1571-1621)

*March 31st, 1571, Rome †February 10th, 1621, Rome

50

Michael Praetorius

German composer, organist, and music theorist

*February 15th, 1571, Creuzburg †February 15th, 1621, Wolfenbüttel

63

Adriaan Metius

Dutch mathematician and astronomer

*December 9th, 1571, Alkmaar †September 6th, 1635, Franeker

39

Peter Piscator

*April 7th, 1571, Hanau †January 10th, 1611, Jena

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1571 is a normal year and no leap year.

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