January 25th, 1827

Born on January 25th, 1827

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 72,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 137 days, exactly on December 7th, 2026, people who were born on January 25th, 1827 will be 73,000 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

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 1827

71

Elisha Baxter

Union Army officer (1827-1899)

*September 1st, 1827, Rutherford County †May 31st, 1899, Batesville

74

Johanna Spyri

Swiss writer

*June 12th, 1827, Hirzel †July 7th, 1901, Zürich

84

Joseph Lister

British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

*April 5th, 1827, Upton House, Newham †February 10th, 1912, Walmer

63

Henry Edwards

English-born stage actor, writer and entomologist (1827-1891)

*August 27th, 1827, Ross-on-Wye †June 9th, 1891, New York City

73

Arnold Böcklin

Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor (1827–1901)

*October 16th, 1827, Basel †January 16th, 1901, convent of San Domenico

51

Charles De Coster

Belgian novelist

*August 20th, 1827, Munich †May 7th, 1879, Ixelles - Elsene

87

Gustav Ferdinand Hertz

German politician and judge (1827-1914)

*August 2nd, 1827, Hamburg †September 8th, 1914, Hamburg

79

Marcellin Berthelot

French chemist and politician (1827-1907)

*October 25th, 1827, Paris †March 18th, 1907, Paris

87

Ellen G. White

American author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1827–1915)

*November 26th, 1827, Gorham †July 16th, 1915, Elmshaven

88

Sandford Fleming

Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor (1827-1915)

*January 7th, 1827, Kirkcaldy †July 22nd, 1915, Halifax

16

Alma von Goethe

(1827-1844)

*October 29th, 1827, Weimar †September 29th, 1844, Vienna

39

Maria Susanna Cummins

American novelist

*April 9th, 1827, Salem †October 1st, 1866, Dorchester

42

Josef Strauss

Austrian composer

*August 20th, 1827, Mariahilf †July 22nd, 1870, Vienna

79

Jules Breton

French painter (1827-1906)

*May 1st, 1827, Courrières †July 5th, 1906, Paris

29

Mangal Pandey

India's First Freedom Fighter

*July 19th, 1827, Ballia †April 7th, 1857, Barrackpore

42

Mary Ward

Anglo-Irish scientist and writer (1827-1869)

*April 27th, 1827, County Offaly †August 31st, 1869, Birr

49

Léon Belly

French painter (1827-1877)

*April 18th, 1827, Saint-Omer †March 24th, 1877, Paris

63

Benito Soriano Murillo

Spanish painter (1827-1891)

*April 3rd, 1827, Palma †April 2nd, 1891, Madrid

67

Heinrich Karl Brugsch

German Egyptologist (1827–1894)

*February 18th, 1827, Berlin †September 9th, 1894, Charlottenburg

72

Felipe Berriozábal

Mexican politician, engineer and military leader (1827-1900)

*August 23rd, 1827, Zacatecas †January 8th, 1900, Mexico City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1827 is a normal year and no leap year.

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