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January 25

From 1554 to 2010, January 25 gathers 456 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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Aquarius is the sign for January 25 — read more on the Aquarius page, or see January's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on January 25?

January 25 is the 25th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1554 and 2010. Famous people born on January 25 include Vladimir Vysotsky, Corazon Aquino and Fara Williams.

Released on January 25

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • TV Memory of a Killer

2025

  • TV Perfect Match

2024

  • Game Phantom Abyss

2023

  • Game Hi-Fi Rush

2022

  • Game Not for Broadcast
  • Game Broken Ranks

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1554

    São Paulo

  2. 1890

    Nellie Bly

  3. 1941

    Pope Pius XII

  4. 1942

    World War II

  5. 1967

    South Vietnam

  6. 1971

    Idi Amin

  7. 1990

    Avianca Flight 052

  8. 1998

    Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

  9. 1998

    Pope John Paul II

  10. 2010

    Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409

Famous birthday twins

Born on January 25

Vladimir Vysotsky

b. 1938

Corazon Aquino

b. 1933

Fara Williams

b. 1984

Molly Holzschlag

b. 1963

Maria Kirilenko

b. 1987

Xavi (footballer, born 1980)

b. 1980

Virginia Woolf

b. 1882

Leo IV the Khazar

b. 750

Deaths

  • 2017Mary Tyler Moore
  • 2009Eleanor F. Helin
  • 1972Erhard Milch
  • 1742Edmond Halley
  • 1067Emperor Yingzong of Song
  • 390Gregory of Nazianzus

Holidays & observances

  • —Betico Day (Aruba)
  • —Burns Night (Scotland)
  • —Christian feast day: Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)
  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
  • —Christian feast day: Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)
  • —Christian feast day: January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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