August 25th, 1817

Born on August 25th, 1817

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

August 25th, 1227

Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, died after a lengthy illness during the Mongol conquest of Western Xia.

August 25th, 2012

The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.

August 25th, 2011

Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people are killed in an arson at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.

August 25th, 2001

American singer Aaliyah (pictured) and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas.

August 25th, 1989

The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).

August 25th, 1975

Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album, Born to Run.

August 25th, 1942

World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.

August 25th, 1875

Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.

August 25th, 1758

Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.

August 25th, 1537

The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII.

August 25th, 1270

Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the Eighth Crusade.

August 25th, 2012

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

August 25th, 2011

Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.

August 25th, 2006

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

August 25th, 2005

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.

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

Born on August 25th, 1817

84

Friedrich Wilhelm Stade

German conductor and composer

*August 25th, 1817, Halle (Saale) †March 24th, 1902, Altenburg

66

Alfred Francis Russell

President of Liberia (1817-1884)

*August 25th, 1817, Lexington †April 4th, 1884, Liberia

80

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus

Catholic Saint and Founder of religious order (1817-1898)

*August 25th, 1817, Metz †March 10th, 1898, Auteuil

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Who's birthday is on August 25th?

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

81

Erich Honecker

Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

65

Bret Harte

American writer and poet

*August 25th, 1836, Albany †May 5th, 1902, London

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

72

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

*August 25th, 1918, Lawrence †October 14th, 1990, New York City

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

69

Elvis Costello

English singer-songwriter

*August 25th, 1954, London

60

Hugo von Pohl

German admiral (1855–1916)

*August 25th, 1855, Wrocław †February 23rd, 1916, Berlin

35

Jung Jae-sung

South Korean badminton player

*August 25th, 1982, Jeonju †March 9th, 2018, Hwaseong

64

Allan Pinkerton

Scottish-American civil war detective and spy

*August 25th, 1819, Glasgow †July 1st, 1884, Chicago

75

Emil Theodor Kocher

Surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine (1841-1917)

*August 25th, 1841, Bern †July 27th, 1917, Bern

65

Tim Burton

American filmmaker and artist

*August 25th, 1958, Burbank

74

John Savage

American actor

*August 25th, 1949, Old Bethpage

53

Charlotte Fränkel

German classical archaeologist

*August 25th, 1880, Berlin †December 7th, 1933, Berlin

79

Klaus Wildbolz

Swiss actor (1937–2017)

*August 25th, 1937, Vienna †January 5th, 2017, Vienna

31

Ricardo Rodriguez

Swiss association football player

*August 25th, 1992, Zürich

67

Willi Worpitzky

German footballer-manager (1886-1953)

*August 25th, 1886, Pankow †October 10th, 1953, Berlin

40

Ludwig II of Bavaria

King of Bavaria

*August 25th, 1845, Nymphenburg Palace †June 13th, 1886, Lake Starnberg

102

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

*August 25th, 1911, Lộc Thủy †October 4th, 2013, Hanoi

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Born in 1817

44

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

*July 12th, 1817, Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse †May 6th, 1862, Concord

85

Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

*November 30th, 1817, Garding †November 1st, 1903, Charlottenburg

74

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

*November 12th, 1817, Tehran †May 29th, 1892, Acre

67

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

American politician (1817-1885)

*August 4th, 1817, Millstone †May 20th, 1885, Newark

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

*July 10th, 1817, Archidona †August 27th, 1850, Havana

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818 – 1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

70

Theodor Storm

German writer

*September 14th, 1817, Husum †July 4th, 1888, Hanerau-Hademarschen

94

Joseph Dalton Hooker

British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

*June 30th, 1817, Halesworth †December 10th, 1911, Sunningdale

65

Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot

French general (1817-1882)

*February 24th, 1817, Nevers †August 16th, 1882, Versailles

78

Justo Arosemena Quesada

Colombian politician and writer

*August 9th, 1817, Colombia †February 23rd, 1896, Bogotá

85

Rudolf von Delbrück

Prussian statesman under Bismarck (1817-1903)

*April 16th, 1817, Berlin †February 1st, 1903, Berlin

54

Aimé Maillart

French composer

*March 24th, 1817, Montpellier †May 26th, 1871, Moulins

82

Ivan Aivazovsky

Russian marine painter (1817-1900)

*July 17th, 1817, Feodosiia †April 19th, 1900, Feodosiia

68

Jules d'Aoust

French noble and composer (1817-1886)

*March 16th, 1817, Arras †January 21st, 1886, Paris

92

Genova Thaon di Revel

Italian politician (1817-1910)

*November 20th, 1817, Genoa †September 3rd, 1910, Como

76

Charles Auguste Fraikin

Belgian curator and sculptor

*June 14th, 1817, Herentals †November 22nd, 1893, Schaerbeek

83

Ramón de Campoamor

Spanish author (1817-1901)

*September 24th, 1817, Navia †February 11th, 1901, Madrid

77

Heinrich von Sybel

German historian (1817-1895)

*December 2nd, 1817, Düsseldorf †August 1st, 1895, Marburg

55

Maria Merkert

Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth

*September 21st, 1817, Nysa †November 14th, 1872, Nysa

88

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)

*July 24th, 1817, Biebrich Palace †November 17th, 1905, Lenggries

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Public holidays on August 25th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1817 is a normal year and no leap year.

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