April 25th, 1873

Born on April 25th, 1873

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 55,000 days old!

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What happened on April 25th?

April 25th, 2015

Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people, including 22 from avalanches on Mount Everest.

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.

April 25th, 2015

Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.

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

Born on April 25th, 1873

83

Walter de la Mare

English poet and fiction writer

*April 25th, 1873, Charlton †June 22nd, 1956, Twickenham

89

Howard Roger Garis

American author (1873-1962)

*April 25th, 1873, Binghamton †November 6th, 1962, Amherst

75

Félix d'Hérelle

French-Canadian microbiologist, the co-discoverer of bacteriophages

*April 25th, 1873, Paris †February 22nd, 1949, Paris

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63

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

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

53

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

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

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

58

Wolfgang Pauli

Physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

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

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

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

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

73

Jean Carmet

French actor (1920-1994)

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

79

Bertrand Tavernier

French film director (1941–2021)

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

68

Dominique Blanc

French actress

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

95

Gerald Hirschfeld

American cinematographer

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

78

Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych

Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977)

*April 25th, 1898, Lviv †April 8th, 1977, Cambridge

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69

Betty Nansen

Danish actor and theatre director

*March 19th, 1873, Copenhagen †March 15th, 1943, Frederiksberg

71

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist

*June 28th, 1873, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †November 5th, 1944, Paris

69

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)

*April 1st, 1873, Starorussky Uyezd †March 28th, 1943, Beverly Hills

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

*December 19th, 1873, 11th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1913, 5th arrondissement of Paris

66

Robert Leinert

German politician (1873-1940)

*December 16th, 1873, Striesen †February 10th, 1940, Hanover

86

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples

62

Henri Barbusse

French author (1873-1935)

*May 17th, 1873, Asnières-sur-Seine †August 30th, 1935, Moscow

65

Feodor Chaliapin

Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)

*February 1st, 1873, Lisitsyn-Emelin House †April 12th, 1938, Paris

77

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author (1873-1950)

*January 20th, 1873, Farsø †November 25th, 1950, Copenhagen

88

Otto Loewi

German pharmacologist

*June 3rd, 1873, Frankfurt †December 25th, 1961, New York City

77

Ivanoe Bonomi

Italian prime minister in 1921–22 and 1944–45

*October 18th, 1873, Mantua †April 20th, 1951, Rome

59

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)

*July 20th, 1873, Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais †July 23rd, 1932, Guarujá

67

Kyösti Kallio

Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland (1873-1940)

*April 10th, 1873, Ylivieska †December 19th, 1940, Helsinki Central Railway Station

50

Valery Bryusov

Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian

*December 1st, 1873, Moscow †October 9th, 1924, Moscow

67

Lucien Mérignac

French fencer

*October 5th, 1873, 17th arrondissement of Paris †March 1st, 1941, 10th arrondissement of Paris

83

John Geiger

American rower

*March 28th, 1873, Philadelphia †December 6th, 1956, Philadelphia

94

Constance Titus

American rower

*August 14th, 1873, Pass Christian †August 24th, 1967, Bronxville

81

Colette

French novelist

*January 27th, 1873, Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye †August 3rd, 1954, Paris

89

Otto Harbach

American songwriter

*August 18th, 1873, Salt Lake City †January 24th, 1963, New York City

81

María Goyri

Spanish hispanist

*August 29th, 1873, Bilbao †November 28th, 1954, Madrid

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1873 is a normal year and no leap year.

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