April 25th, 1859

Born on April 25th, 1859

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What happened on April 25th, 1859?

April 25th, 1859

British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.

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What else happened on April 25th?

April 25th, 2015

Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.

April 25th, 1990

Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.

April 25th, 1983

The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.

April 25th, 1982

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces in the Falklands War.

April 25th, 1960

The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.

April 25th, 1946

Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured.

April 25th, 1932

Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictured).

April 25th, 1920

A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest at poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, London.

April 25th, 1915

First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire.

April 25th, 1644

Ming–Qing transition: The Ming dynasty of China fell when the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

April 25th, 1643

First English Civil War: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army near Okehampton, Devon, at the Battle of Sourton Down.

April 25th, 0799

Pope Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as described in the epic Karolus magnus et Leo papa.

April 25th, 0775

The Abbasid army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the Battle of Bagrevand.

April 25th, 1808

Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809: The Battle of Trangen took place at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 25th?

53

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

*April 25th, 1840, Votkinsk †October 25th, 1893, Malaya Morskaya Street, 13

63

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

*April 25th, 1874, Bologna †July 20th, 1937, Rome

30

Sam Fender

English singer-songwriter (born 1994)

*April 25th, 1994, North Shields

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

58

Wolfgang Pauli

Physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

*April 25th, 1900, Vienna †December 15th, 1958, Zürich

79

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

*April 25th, 1917, Newport News †June 15th, 1996, Beverly Hills

92

Albert Uderzo

French comic book artist

*April 25th, 1927, Fismes †March 24th, 2020, Neuilly-sur-Seine

79

Björn Ulvaeus

Swedish musician; member of ABBA

*April 25th, 1945, Lundby church parish

77

Jeffrey DeMunn

American actor

*April 25th, 1947, Buffalo

60

Hank Azaria

American actor

*April 25th, 1964, Queens

58

Francis Fulton-Smith

German-English actor

*April 25th, 1966, Munich

71

Ron Clements

American animation director

*April 25th, 1953, Sioux City

55

Renée Zellweger

American actress (born 1969)

*April 25th, 1969, Katy

68

Dominique Blanc

French actress

*April 25th, 1956, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

79

Bertrand Tavernier

French film director (1941–2021)

*April 25th, 1941, Lyon †March 25th, 2021, Sainte-Maxime

73

Jean Carmet

French actor (1920-1994)

*April 25th, 1920, Bourgueil †April 20th, 1994, Sèvres

53

Carmen Cusack

Actress

*April 25th, 1971, Denver

95

Gerald Hirschfeld

American cinematographer

*April 25th, 1921, New York City †February 13th, 2017, Ashland

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75

Paul Herrmann

German classical archaeologist

*December 14th, 1859, Halle (Saale) †August 30th, 1935, Dresden

46

Pierre Curie

French physicist (1859-1906)

*May 15th, 1859, Paris †April 19th, 1906, Paris

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

31

Kathinka Hedwig Agerskov

Danish painter

*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, Frederiksberg

81

Henri Bergson

French philosopher (1859–1941)

*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris

82

Wilhelm II

German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918

*January 27th, 1859, Kronprinzenpalais †June 4th, 1941, Huis Doorn

57

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

92

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

*August 4th, 1859, Vågå †February 19th, 1952, Grimstad

31

Georges Seurat

French painter (1859-1891)

*December 2nd, 1859, Paris †March 29th, 1891, Paris

92

John Dewey

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

*October 20th, 1859, Burlington †June 1st, 1952, New York City

73

Kenneth Grahame

British novelist

*March 8th, 1859, Edinburgh †July 6th, 1932, Berkshire

65

Victor Herbert

American composer

*February 1st, 1859, Dublin †May 26th, 1924, New York City

70

Anton Aicher

Austrian theatre director

*April 5th, 1859, Feldbach †February 5th, 1930, Salzburg

79

Edmund Husserl

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

*April 8th, 1859, Prostějov †April 27th, 1938, Freiburg im Breisgau

75

Alfred Dreyfus

French artillery officer (1859–1935)

*October 9th, 1859, Mulhouse †July 12th, 1935, Paris

60

Reginald De Koven

American music critic and composer

*April 3rd, 1859, Middletown †January 16th, 1920

96

Johan Frans van Bemmelen

Dutch zoologist and paleontologist (1859–1956)

*December 26th, 1859, Groningen †August 6th, 1956, Leiden

68

Jerome K. Jerome

English humorist (1859-1927)

*May 2nd, 1859, Walsall †June 14th, 1927, Northampton

57

Sholem Aleichem

Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Ukraine and the United States (1859-1916)

*February 18th, 1859, Pereiaslav †May 13th, 1916, New York City

86

Gerhard Heilmann

Danish artist and paleontologist (1859-1946)

*June 25th, 1859, Skælskør †March 26th, 1946, Copenhagen

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No: With 365 days 1859 is a normal year and no leap year.

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