January 25th, 1742

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Born on January 25th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 25th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 25th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1742)

Born on January 25th, 1742

Weekday

Thursday

January 25th, 1742 was a Thursday.

Age

282

People born on January 25th, 1742 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 282 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1742 - February 19th, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 908 days, exactly on October 23rd, 2026, people who were born on January 25th, 1742 will be 104,000 days old!

103,092 Days

14,727 Weeks

3,387 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

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

Born on January 25th, 1742

Manuel Caetano de Sousa

Architect

*January 25th, 1742, Mafra †May 1st, 1802, Lisbon

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Who's birthday is on January 25th?

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

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

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

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

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

Huang Yuxiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1993, Hangzhou

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

Eduard Meyer

German historian (1855–1930)

*January 25th, 1855, Hamburg †August 31st, 1930, Berlin

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

Johanita Scholtz

South African badminton player

*January 25th, 2000, Cape Town

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

Pi Hongyan

French-Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1979, Chongqing

Kazuteru Kozai

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1986, Kumamoto Prefecture

Lee Chun Hei

Hong Kong badminton player

*January 25th, 1994, Hong Kong

Ted White

American stuntman and actor

*January 25th, 1926, Texas †October 14th, 2022, California

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

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine since 2019

*January 25th, 1978, Kryvyi Rih

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

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

Michelle Tong

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1997, Singapore

Alicia Keys

American singer

*January 25th, 1981, Hell's Kitchen

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

German philosopher (1743-1819)

*January 25th, 1743, Düsseldorf †March 10th, 1819, Munich

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

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Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby Municipality †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 25th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 25th.

Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_Paul_the_Apostle

Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus

The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week_of_Prayer_for_Christian_Unity

January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_25_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Indonesia

National Police Day (Egypt)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_Day_(Egypt)

National Voters' Day (India)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Voters'_Day

Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Egypt

Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXV.I.MDCCXLII

25.1.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1742

January 1742

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
3	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
4	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
5	29	30	31

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January 25th, 1742

Born on January 25th, 1742

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 103,000 days old!

103,092 Days

14,727 Weeks

3,387 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 25th?

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.

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.

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.

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza was arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17.

A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.

Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.

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.

Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.

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.

American journalist Nellie Bly completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record 72 days.

Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society to seek a "radical reform of parliament", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.

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

Born on January 25th, 1742

Architect

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 25th

Betico Day (Aruba)

Burns Night (Scotland)

Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)

Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)

Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)

The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)

January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)

National Police Day (Egypt)

National Voters' Day (India)

Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)

Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

25.1.1742

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