# On this day: April 25

April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years), with 250 days left until the end of the year.

## April 25 in one line

Headline entries for April 25, from Wikipedia: in 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; born 1940: Al Pacino, American actor and director; died 1744: Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701). In 2026 it is a Saturday, in 2027 a Sunday.

## Events on April 25

- 775 The Abbasid army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the Battle of Bagrevand. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bagrevand)
- 799 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_III)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sourton_Down)
- 1644 Ming–Qing transition: The Ming dynasty of China fell when the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty)
- 1792 French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise", now the national anthem of France. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise)
- 1859 British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal)
- 1898 Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign)
- 1916 The first issue of Irish War News was published in Ireland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_War_News)
- 1920 At the San Remo conference, the principal Allies of World War I passed a resolution allocating League of Nations mandates for the administration of former Ottoman territories in the Middle East. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Remo_conference)
- 1920 A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, London. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_blind_march)
- 1932 Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Elinor_Watkins)
- 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_International_Organization)
- 1946 Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naperville_train_disaster)
- 1955 Following restoration at the British Museum, the Emesa Helmet was placed on display there before its return to Syria. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emesa_helmet)
- 1960 The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Triton_(SSRN-586))
- 1964 109 individuals were arrested in a police raid on a gay bar near Chicago. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Lounge_police_raid)
- 1974 Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher))
- 1983 The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jakarta_Post)
- 1986 Mswati III was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mswati_III)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Chamorro)
- 2012 Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_of_Daniel_Chong)
- 2014 A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to contamination. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis)
- 2015 Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake)
- 2026 Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Sadio_Camara)

## Born on April 25

- 1214 Louis IX of France (died 1270) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IX_of_France)
- 1284 Edward II of England (died 1327) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II)
- 1599 Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1658) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell)
- 1849 Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (died 1925) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Klein)
- 1874 Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi)
- 1900 Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Pauli)
- 1903 Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1987) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Kolmogorov)
- 1917 Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (died 1996) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald)
- 1927 Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator (died 2020) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Uderzo)
- 1940 Al Pacino, American actor and director [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Pacino)
- 1945 Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus)
- 1946 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2022) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky)
- 1946 Talia Shire, American actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talia_Shire)
- 1947 Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Cruyff)
- 1949 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Strauss-Kahn)
- 1963 David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Moyes)
- 1964 Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Azaria)
- 1969 Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger)
- 1970 Jason Lee, American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lee)
- 1976 Tim Duncan, American basketball player [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Duncan)
- 1981 Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_Massa)
- 1993 Raphaël Varane, French footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Varane)

## Died on April 25

- 1342 Pope Benedict XII (born 1285) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XII)
- 1472 Leon Battista Alberti, Italian author, poet, and philosopher (born 1404) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Battista_Alberti)
- 1566 Louise Labé, French poet and author (born 1520) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Lab%C3%A9)
- 1595 Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and songwriter (born 1544) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquato_Tasso)
- 1744 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Celsius)
- 1800 William Cowper, English poet (born 1731) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper)
- 1840 Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (born 1781) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson)
- 1911 Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (born 1862) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Salgari)
- 1928 Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (born 1878) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Wrangel)
- 1988 Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (born 1904) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak)
- 1995 Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers)
- 2009 Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1922) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthur)
- 2014 Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Vilanova)
- 2023 Harry Belafonte, American singer, activist, and actor (born 1927) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte)

## Holidays and observances

- Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Tonga) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day)
- Christian feast day: Mark the Evangelist [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Saint_Mark)
- Christian feast day: Franca Visalta [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franca_Visalta)
- Christian feast day: Giovanni Battista Piamarta [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piamarta)
- Christian feast day: Major Rogation (Western Christianity) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogation_days)
- Christian feast day: Maughold [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maughold)
- Christian feast day: Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Saint_Joseph_de_Betancur)
- Christian feast day: Philo and Agathopodes [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_and_Agathopodes)
- Christian feast day: Anianus of Alexandria [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Anianus_of_Alexandria)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Robert Anderton [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderton)
- Christian feast day: April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_25_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Freedom Day (Portugal) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution)
- Liberation Day (Italy) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_(Italy))
- Military Foundation Day (North Korea) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Foundation_Day)
- World Malaria Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Malaria_Day)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “April 25”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_25) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/April 25”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_25) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“April 25”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_25) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_25?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for April 25 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. The 1915 entry comes first in the one-line summary: a short list, checked by hand, names the event a date is best known for where the order above would put a lesser one first. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## April 25 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Saturday | 2026-W17 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2027 | Sunday | 2027-W16 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 2028-W17 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 2029-W17 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2030 | Thursday | 2030-W17 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on April 25

- [🇦🇺 Australia](https://whathappen.today/holidays/australia/): Anzac Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇳🇿 New Zealand](https://whathappen.today/holidays/new-zealand/): Anzac Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇮🇹 Italy](https://whathappen.today/holidays/italy/): Liberation Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇵🇹 Portugal](https://whathappen.today/holidays/portugal/): Freedom Day (2026 and 2027)

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