January 25th, 1608

Born on January 25th, 1608

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 152,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 965 days, exactly on December 19th, 2026, people who were born on January 25th, 1608 will be 153,000 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?

61

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

31

Huang Yuxiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1993, Hangzhou

29

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

64

Robert Boyle

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

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

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

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

24

Johanita Scholtz

South African badminton player

*January 25th, 2000, Cape Town

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

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

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

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, California

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 1608

65

John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

*December 9th, 1608, Cheapside †November 8th, 1674, London

39

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician (1608-1647)

*October 15th, 1608, Rome †October 25th, 1647, Florence

48

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)

*July 13th, 1608, Graz †April 2nd, 1657, Vienna

48

Jean-Jacques Olier

French Catholic priest and founder (1608-1657)

*September 20th, 1608, Paris †April 2nd, 1657, Paris

51

Judith Leyster

Dutch Golden Age painter (1609-1660)

*November 30th, 1608, Haarlem †February 10th, 1660, Heemstede

89

António Vieira

Portuguese diplomat and missionary (1608-1697)

*February 6th, 1608, Sé †July 18th, 1697, Salvador

61

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

English soldier and politician (1608-1670)

*December 6th, 1608, London Borough of Merton †January 3rd, 1670, London

74

Cesare Facchinetti

Catholic cardinal

*September 17th, 1608, Bologna †January 30th, 1683, Rome

73

Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches

Austrian marshall

*August 16th, 1608, La Rochelle †August 12th, 1682, Jevišovice

51

Gaston, Duke of Orléans

French prince

*April 25th, 1608, Fontainebleau †February 2nd, 1660, Château de Blois

71

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

Italian physicist (*1608 – †1679)

*January 28th, 1608, Naples †December 31st, 1679, Rome

34

René Goupil

French Jesuit lay brother and missionary (1608-1642)

*May 15th, 1608, Saint-Martin-du-Bois †September 29th, 1642, Auriesville

69

Andrzej Wiszowaty

Polish theologian (1608-1678)

*November 26th, 1608, Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship †July 29th, 1678, Amsterdam

57

Francisco Manuel de Melo

Portuguese writer, politician and military officer (1608-1666)

*November 23rd, 1608, Lisbon †August 24th, 1666, Lisbon

58

Gaspar Schott

German scientist

*February 5th, 1608, Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld †May 22nd, 1666, Würzburg

70

Alfonso Litta

Cardinal Archbishop of Milan

*September 19th, 1608, Milan †August 28th, 1679, Rome

75

Christian Lorentz von Adlershelm

German politician (1608-1684)

*July 26th, 1608, Leipzig †February 7th, 1684, Leipzig

76

Daniello Bartoli

Italian Jesuit cleric-scientist

*February 12th, 1608, Ferrara †January 13th, 1685, Rome

69

Giacomo Torelli

Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (1608-1678)

*September 1st, 1608, Fano †June 17th, 1678, Fano

48

Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine

French noble

*October 3rd, 1608, Nancy †February 2nd, 1657, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1608 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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