August 18th, 1825

Born on August 18th, 1825

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 18th

Same year
Born in 1825

66

Emmy von Dincklage

German writer (1825-1891)

*March 13th, 1825, Gut Campe †June 28th, 1891, Berlin

67

Jean-Martin Charcot

French neurologist (1825–1893)

*November 29th, 1825, Paris †August 16th, 1893, Montsauche-les-Settons

73

Johann Strauss II

Austrian composer (1825-1899)

*October 25th, 1825, Neubau †June 3rd, 1899, Vienna

66

Luis Martos y Potestad

Spanish politician (1825-1892)

*October 1st, 1825, Cartagena †July 4th, 1892, Madrid

52

Cristóbal Oudrid

Spanish pianist, conductor and composer (1825-1877)

*February 7th, 1825, Badajoz †March 13th, 1877, Madrid

91

Dadabhai Naoroji

Indian politician leader, scholar and writer (1825–1917)

*September 4th, 1825, Mumbai †June 30th, 1917, Mumbai

72

Charles Garnier

French architect

*November 6th, 1825, former 12th arrondissement of Paris †August 3rd, 1898, 5th arrondissement of Paris

83

Eginhard von Barfus

German writer (1825–1909)

*November 7th, 1825, Trzebiatów †February 20th, 1909, Munich

69

George Inness

American landscape painter (1825-1894)

*May 1st, 1825, Newburgh †August 3rd, 1894, Bridge of Allan

65

Camilo Castelo Branco

19th-century Portuguese writer

*March 16th, 1825, Lisbon †June 1st, 1890, Seide

77

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

Spanish politician (1825–1903)

*July 21st, 1825, Torrecilla en Cameros †January 5th, 1903, Madrid

87

François Auguste Logerot

French general (1825-1913)

*February 1st, 1825, Noyers-sur-Cher †January 15th, 1913, Bourg-en-Bresse

78

Heinrich Tønnies

Danish photographer (1825–1903)

*May 10th, 1825, Grünenplan †December 11th, 1903, Aalborg

78

Alexis L'Hotte

French soldier and officer (1825–1904)

*March 25th, 1825, Lunéville †February 3rd, 1904, Lunéville

73

Angela Truszkowska

Polish beatified nun

*May 16th, 1825, Kalisz †October 10th, 1898, Kraków

65

Anna Elisabeth Kelly

Swiss painter (1825-1890)

*April 10th, 1825, St. Gallen †May 1st, 1890, St. Gallen

77

Marie of Nassau

European royal (1826-1902)

*January 29th, 1825, Biebrich †March 24th, 1902, Neuwied

27

Tito Speri

Italian patriot (1825-1853)

*August 2nd, 1825, Brescia †March 3rd, 1853, Belfiore

72

Julius Schulhoff

Austrian pianist and composer (1825-1898)

*August 2nd, 1825, Prague †March 13th, 1898, Berlin

71

Johann Jakob Egli

Swiss geographer (1825-1896)

*May 17th, 1825, Laufen-Uhwiesen †August 24th, 1896, Zurich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1825 is a normal year and no leap year.

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