What are the important events that happened on April 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 25 is the 115th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 12, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,872 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecapentagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 298 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,508 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 25 Historical Events
- 1707 –The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1792 –Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
- 1804 –The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepts the suzerainty of the Russian Empire
- 1916 –Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.
- 1953 –Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid describing the double helix structure of DNA.
- 1959 –The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
- 1982 –Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
- 1986 –Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
- 2005 –Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
- 2007 –Boris Yeltsin’s funeral – the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
Who were born on April 25?
- 1921 –Karel Appel, Dutch painter (d. 2006)
- 1923 –Albert King, American musician (d. 1992)
- 1941 –Bertrand Tavernier, French director, screenwriter and actor
- 1941 –Princess Muna al-Hussein, of Jordan
- 1952 –Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist
- 1953 –Ron Clements, American animation director
- 1961 –Dinesh D'Souza, American author
- 1969 –Darren Woodson, American football player
- 1980 –Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor
- 1983 –DeAngelo Williams, American football player
Who died on April 25?
- 1660 –Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)
- 1840 –Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)
- 1875 –Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
- 1878 –Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
- 1906 –John Knowles Paine, American composer (b. 1839)
- 1919 –Augustus D. Juilliard, music patron (b. 1836)
- 1988 –Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist (b. 1936)
- 1999 –Larry Troutman, American musician (b. 1944)
- 1999 –Roger Troutman, American musician (b. 1951)
- 2010 –Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer, actress, and comedienne (b. 1935)
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