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| January 25th, 2041 (January 25 2041) | Event | After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. | |
| January 25th, 2008 (January 25 2008) | Death | Christopher Allport, American actor (born in 1947) | |
| January 25th, 2008 (January 25 2008) | Death | Evelyn Barbirolli,English musician (born in 1911) | |
| January 25th, 2006 (January 25 2006) | Event | Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing, the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star. | |
| January 25th, 2006 (January 25 2006) | Death | Anna Malle, adult film star (born in 1967) | |
| January 25th, 2005 (January 25 2005) | Event | A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258. | |
| January 25th, 2005 (January 25 2005) | Death | Stanislaw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (born in 1923) | |
| January 25th, 2005 (January 25 2005) | Death | William Augustus Bootle, American judge (born in 1902) | |
| January 25th, 2005 (January 25 2005) | Death | Philip Johnson, American architect (born in 1906) | Philip Johnson Quotes |
| January 25th, 2005 (January 25 2005) | Death | Ray Peterson, American singer (born in 1935) | |
| January 25th, 2005 (January 25 2005) | Death | Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (born in 1923) | |
| January 25th, 2004 (January 25 2004) | Event | Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. | |
| January 25th, 2004 (January 25 2004) | Death | Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (born in 1918) | |
| January 25th, 2004 (January 25 2004) | Death | Miklos Feher, Hungarian footballer (born in 1979) | |
| January 25th, 2003 (January 25 2003) | Death | Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (born in 1936) | |
| January 25th, 2002 (January 25 2002) | Event | Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software ("Phase II") aka Magnus Manske Day. | |
| January 25th, 2001 (January 25 2001) | Event | A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24. | |
| January 25th, 1999 (January 25 1999) | Event | A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000. | |
| January 25th, 1999 (January 25 1999) | Death | Sarah "Sadie" Delany, American author (born in 1889) | |
| January 25th, 1999 (January 25 1999) | Death | Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (born in 1924) | |
| January 25th, 1999 (January 25 1999) | Death | Robert Shaw, American conductor (born in 1916) | |
| January 25th, 1998 (January 25 1998) | Event | During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country. | |
| January 25th, 1998 (January 25 1998) | Event | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka s Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others. | |
| January 25th, 1996 (January 25 1996) | Death | Jonathan Larson, American composer (born in 1960) | |
| January 25th, 1995 (January 25 1995) | Event | The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile. | |
| January 25th, 1995 (January 25 1995) | Death | Cal Jammer, American actor (born in 1960) | |
| January 25th, 1994 (January 25 1994) | Event | The Clementine space probe launches. | |
| January 25th, 1994 (January 25 1994) | Death | Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (born in 1909) | |
| January 25th, 1993 (January 25 1993) | Event | Five people were shot outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders. | |
| January 25th, 1990 (January 25 1990) | Event | The Burns Day storm hits northwestern Europe. | |
| January 25th, 1990 (January 25 1990) | Event | Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| January 25th, 1990 (January 25 1990) | Event | Avianca Flight 52 crashes, killing 73 passengers. | |
| January 25th, 1990 (January 25 1990) | Death | Ava Gardner, American actress (born in 1922) | |
| January 25th, 1988 (January 25 1988) | Birth | Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player | |
| January 25th, 1987 (January 25 1987) | Birth | Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player | |
| January 25th, 1986 (January 25 1986) | Event | The National Resistance Movement topple the government of Tito Okello in Uganda. | |
| January 25th, 1986 (January 25 1986) | Birth | Chris O Grady, English footballer | |
| January 25th, 1986 (January 25 1986) | Birth | Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| January 25th, 1985 (January 25 1985) | Birth | Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer | |
| January 25th, 1985 (January 25 1985) | Birth | Acie Law IV, National Basketball Association player | |
| January 25th, 1984 (January 25 1984) | Birth | Robinho, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 25th, 1983 (January 25 1983) | Birth | Andree Watters, Canadian singer | |
| January 25th, 1982 (January 25 1982) | Birth | Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor | |
| January 25th, 1982 (January 25 1982) | Birth | The-Dream, singer | |
| January 25th, 1982 (January 25 1982) | Birth | Shawna Waldron, American actress | |
| January 25th, 1982 (January 25 1982) | Death | Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (born in 1902) | |
| January 25th, 1981 (January 25 1981) | Event | Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death. | Mao Zedong Quotes |
| January 25th, 1981 (January 25 1981) | Birth | Tose Proeski, Macedonian Singer (died in 2007) | |
| January 25th, 1981 (January 25 1981) | Birth | Francis Jeffers, English footballer | |
| January 25th, 1981 (January 25 1981) | Birth | Alicia Keys, American singer | |
| January 25th, 1981 (January 25 1981) | Death | Adele Astaire, American dancer (born in 1897) | |
| January 25th, 1980 (January 25 1980) | Birth | Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler | |
| January 25th, 1980 (January 25 1980) | Birth | Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer | |
| January 25th, 1980 (January 25 1980) | Birth | Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer | |
| January 25th, 1980 (January 25 1980) | Death | Queenie Watts, English actress (born in 1926) | |
| January 25th, 1979 (January 25 1979) | Birth | Pi Hongyan, French badminton player | |
| January 25th, 1979 (January 25 1979) | Birth | Gabe Jennings, American distance runner | |
| January 25th, 1979 (January 25 1979) | Birth | Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver | |
| January 25th, 1979 (January 25 1979) | Birth | Christine Lakin, American actress | |
| January 25th, 1978 (January 25 1978) | Birth | Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist | |
| January 25th, 1978 (January 25 1978) | Birth | Jason Roberts, English-born footballer | |
| January 25th, 1978 (January 25 1978) | Birth | Derrick Turnbow, Major League Baseball Player | |
| January 25th, 1976 (January 25 1976) | Birth | Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver | |
| January 25th, 1976 (January 25 1976) | Death | Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (born in 1929) | |
| January 25th, 1975 (January 25 1975) | Birth | Angie Gregory, American Actress | |
| January 25th, 1975 (January 25 1975) | Birth | Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress | |
| January 25th, 1975 (January 25 1975) | Birth | Tim Montgomery, American athlete | |
| January 25th, 1975 (January 25 1975) | Birth | Dat Phan, Vietnamese stand-up comedian | |
| January 25th, 1975 (January 25 1975) | Death | Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (born in 1896) | |
| January 25th, 1974 (January 25 1974) | Birth | Robert Budreau, Canadian film director | |
| January 25th, 1973 (January 25 1973) | Birth | Geoff Johns, American comic book writer | |
| January 25th, 1973 (January 25 1973) | Birth | Chris Guy, American professional wrestler | |
| January 25th, 1972 (January 25 1972) | Death | Erhard Milch, German field marshal (born in 1892) | Erhard Milch Quotes |
| January 25th, 1971 (January 25 1971) | Event | Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. | Charles Manson Quotes |
| January 25th, 1971 (January 25 1971) | Event | Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda s president. | Idi Amin Quotes |
| January 25th, 1971 (January 25 1971) | Event | Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state. | |
| January 25th, 1971 (January 25 1971) | Birth | Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver | |
| January 25th, 1971 (January 25 1971) | Birth | China Kantner, American actress | |
| January 25th, 1971 (January 25 1971) | Birth | Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer | |
| January 25th, 1970 (January 25 1970) | Death | Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (born in 1877) | |
| January 25th, 1970 (January 25 1970) | Death | Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (Ultraman) (born in 1901) | |
| January 25th, 1969 (January 25 1969) | Birth | Kina, American singer | |
| January 25th, 1969 (January 25 1969) | Death | Irene Castle, English dancer (born in 1887) | |
| January 25th, 1967 (January 25 1967) | Birth | Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 25th, 1967 (January 25 1967) | Birth | Mark Bamford, American writer/director | |
| January 25th, 1966 (January 25 1966) | Birth | Chet Culver, American politician, governor of Iowa | |
| January 25th, 1965 (January 25 1965) | Birth | Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| January 25th, 1963 (January 25 1963) | Death | Wilson Kettle, Guinness World Record holder for most living descendants (born in 1860) | |
| January 25th, 1962 (January 25 1962) | Birth | Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player | |
| January 25th, 1961 (January 25 1961) | Event | In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| January 25th, 1961 (January 25 1961) | Birth | Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician | |
| January 25th, 1961 (January 25 1961) | Birth | Willie Revillame, Filipino game show host and comedian | |
| January 25th, 1960 (January 25 1960) | Event | The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records. | |
| January 25th, 1959 (January 25 1959) | Event | Pope John XXIII proclaims upcoming Second Vatican Council. | |
| January 25th, 1958 (January 25 1958) | Birth | Dinah Manoff, American actress | |
| January 25th, 1957 (January 25 1957) | Birth | Jenifer Lewis, American actress | |
| January 25th, 1957 (January 25 1957) | Birth | Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish politician | |
| January 25th, 1957 (January 25 1957) | Birth | Andrew P. Harris, American politician | |
| January 25th, 1957 (January 25 1957) | Death | Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (born in 1871) | |
| January 25th, 1957 (January 25 1957) | Death | Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (born in 1873) | |
| January 25th, 1956 (January 25 1956) | Birth | Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals) | |
| January 25th, 1955 (January 25 1955) | Event | Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany. | |
| January 25th, 1955 (January 25 1955) | Birth | Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash) | |
| January 25th, 1954 (January 25 1954) | Birth | Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer | |
| January 25th, 1954 (January 25 1954) | Birth | Richard Finch, American bass player (KC and the Sunshine Band) | |
| January 25th, 1954 (January 25 1954) | Birth | Kim Gandy, American feminist | |
| January 25th, 1953 (January 25 1953) | Birth | The Honky Tonk Man, American professional wrestler | |
| January 25th, 1953 (January 25 1953) | Birth | Mark Weil, Uzbek theatre director (died in 2007) | |
| January 25th, 1952 (January 25 1952) | Birth | Sara Mandiano, French singer and songwriter | |
| January 25th, 1952 (January 25 1952) | Birth | Timothy White, American journalist (died in 2002) | |
| January 25th, 1951 (January 25 1951) | Birth | Steve Prefontaine, American runner (died in 1975) | Steve Prefontaine Quotes |
| January 25th, 1949 (January 25 1949) | Event | At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented. | |
| January 25th, 1949 (January 25 1949) | Event | The first Israeli election -- David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister. | |
| January 25th, 1949 (January 25 1949) | Birth | John Cooper Clarke, English punk-poet | |
| January 25th, 1949 (January 25 1949) | Birth | Paul Nurse, English biochemist, Nobel Laureate | |
| January 25th, 1949 (January 25 1949) | Death | Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman?(born in 1861) | |
| January 25th, 1948 (January 25 1948) | Birth | Ros Kelly, Australian politician | |
| January 25th, 1947 (January 25 1947) | Birth | Tostao, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 25th, 1947 (January 25 1947) | Birth | Angel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer | |
| January 25th, 1947 (January 25 1947) | Death | Al Capone, American gangster (born in 1899) | Al Capone Quotes |
| January 25th, 1946 (January 25 1946) | Event | The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. | |
| January 25th, 1945 (January 25 1945) | Event | World War II: Battle of the Bulge ends. | |
| January 25th, 1945 (January 25 1945) | Birth | Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress | |
| January 25th, 1944 (January 25 1944) | Birth | Anita Pallenberg, Italian model | |
| January 25th, 1943 (January 25 1943) | Birth | Tobe Hooper, American film director | |
| January 25th, 1942 (January 25 1942) | Event | World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. | |
| January 25th, 1942 (January 25 1942) | Birth | Carl Eller, American football player | |
| January 25th, 1942 (January 25 1942) | Birth | Eusebio, Portuguese footballer | |
| January 25th, 1941 (January 25 1941) | Event | Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. | |
| January 25th, 1941 (January 25 1941) | Birth | Buddy Baker, American race car driver | |
| January 25th, 1941 (January 25 1941) | Birth | Gregory Sierra, American actor | |
| January 25th, 1940 (January 25 1940) | Death | Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (born in 1899) | |
| January 25th, 1939 (January 25 1939) | Birth | Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician | |
| January 25th, 1938 (January 25 1938) | Birth | Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author (died in 1998) | |
| January 25th, 1938 (January 25 1938) | Birth | Leiji Matsumoto, sJapanese creator of anime. | |
| January 25th, 1938 (January 25 1938) | Birth | Etta James, American singer | |
| January 25th, 1938 (January 25 1938) | Birth | Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet (died in 1980) | |
| January 25th, 1937 (January 25 1937) | Event | The Guiding Light airs on radio for the first time. Also went to television making this show the longest running broadcast program in United States radio and television history. | |
| January 25th, 1937 (January 25 1937) | Birth | Ange-Felix Patasse, President of the Central African Republic | |
| January 25th, 1937 (January 25 1937) | Birth | Judith Ann Mayotte, American humanitarian, author. | |
| January 25th, 1936 (January 25 1936) | Birth | Diana Hyland, American actress (died in 1977) | |
| January 25th, 1935 (January 25 1935) | Birth | Antonio Ramalho Eanes, 17th President of Portugal | |
| January 25th, 1933 (January 25 1933) | Birth | Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines | |
| January 25th, 1931 (January 25 1931) | Birth | Dean Jones, American actor | |
| January 25th, 1930 (January 25 1930) | Birth | Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (died in 1944) | |
| January 25th, 1929 (January 25 1929) | Birth | Benny Golson, American jazz musician | |
| January 25th, 1928 (January 25 1928) | Birth | Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia | Eduard Shevardnadze Quotes |
| January 25th, 1928 (January 25 1928) | Birth | Jerome Choquette, Quebec lawyer and politician | |
| January 25th, 1927 (January 25 1927) | Birth | Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician (died in 1994) | |
| January 25th, 1925 (January 25 1925) | Birth | Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician and songwriter (died in 1992) | |
| January 25th, 1925 (January 25 1925) | Death | Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (born in 1858) | |
| January 25th, 1924 (January 25 1924) | Event | The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. | |
| January 25th, 1924 (January 25 1924) | Birth | Lou Groza, American football player (died in 2000) | |
| January 25th, 1924 (January 25 1924) | Birth | Speedy West, Country Hall of Fame steel guitar player (died in 2003) | |
| January 25th, 1923 (January 25 1923) | Birth | Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (died in 2003) | |
| January 25th, 1923 (January 25 1923) | Birth | Shirley Mason, American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (died in 1998) | |
| January 25th, 1919 (January 25 1919) | Event | The League of Nations is founded. | |
| January 25th, 1919 (January 25 1919) | Birth | Edwin Newman, American journalist and writer | |
| January 25th, 1918 (January 25 1918) | Birth | Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster | |
| January 25th, 1917 (January 25 1917) | Event | The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. | |
| January 25th, 1917 (January 25 1917) | Birth | Ilya Prigogine, Russian scientist Nobel Laureate (died in 2003) | |
| January 25th, 1917 (January 25 1917) | Birth | Janio Quadros, Brazilian politician (died in 1992) | |
| January 25th, 1916 (January 25 1916) | Birth | Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (died in 2003) | |
| January 25th, 1915 (January 25 1915) | Event | Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service. | Alexander Graham Bell Quotes |
| January 25th, 1913 (January 25 1913) | Birth | Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (died in 1994) | |
| January 25th, 1913 (January 25 1913) | Birth | Luis Marden, American photojournalist (died in 2003) | |
| January 25th, 1912 (January 25 1912) | Death | Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (born in 1816) | |
| January 25th, 1909 (January 25 1909) | Event | Richard Strauss opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. | Richard Strauss Quotes |
| January 25th, 1908 (January 25 1908) | Death | Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (born in 1850) | |
| January 25th, 1908 (January 25 1908) | Death | Ouida, English writer (born in 1839) | |
| January 25th, 1907 (January 25 1907) | Death | Rene Pottier, French cyclist (born in 1879) | |
| January 25th, 1905 (January 25 1905) | Birth | Maurice Roy, French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (died in 1985) | |
| January 25th, 1902 (January 25 1902) | Birth | Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (died in 1975) | |
| January 25th, 1901 (January 25 1901) | Birth | Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (died in 1982) | |
| January 25th, 1900 (January 25 1900) | Birth | Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (died in 1975) | |
| January 25th, 1900 (January 25 1900) | Birth | Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (died in 1986) | |
| January 25th, 1899 (January 25 1899) | Birth | Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician (died in 1972) | |
| January 25th, 1890 (January 25 1890) | Event | Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. | |
| January 25th, 1886 (January 25 1886) | Birth | Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor (died in 1954) | An Wang Quotes |
| January 25th, 1885 (January 25 1885) | Birth | Kitahara Hakushu, Japanese poets and children s writers (died in 1942) | |
| January 25th, 1882 (January 25 1882) | Birth | Virginia Woolf, English writer (died in 1941) | Virginia Woolf Quotes |
| January 25th, 1881 (January 25 1881) | Event | Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. | Alexander Graham Bell Quotes |
| January 25th, 1881 (January 25 1881) | Death | Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (born in 1794) | |
| January 25th, 1879 (January 25 1879) | Event | The Bulgarian National Bank is founded. | |
| January 25th, 1878 (January 25 1878) | Birth | Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (died in 1975) | |
| January 25th, 1874 (January 25 1874) | Birth | W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (died in 1965) | |
| January 25th, 1864 (January 25 1864) | Birth | Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (died in 1934) | |
| January 25th, 1860 (January 25 1860) | Birth | Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States (died in 1936) | |
| January 25th, 1858 (January 25 1858) | Event | The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria s daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia. | |
| January 25th, 1858 (January 25 1858) | Birth | Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (died in 1954) | |
| January 25th, 1852 (January 25 1852) | Death | Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (born in 1778) | |
| January 25th, 1841 (January 25 1841) | Birth | Jackie Fisher, British First Sea Lord (died in 1920) | |
| January 25th, 1825 (January 25 1825) | Birth | George Pickett, American Confederate General (died in 1875) | |
| January 25th, 1796 (January 25 1796) | Birth | William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (died in 1852) | |
| January 25th, 1794 (January 25 1794) | Birth | Francois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (died in 1878) | |
| January 25th, 1792 (January 25 1792) | Event | The London Corresponding Society is founded. | |
| January 25th, 1791 (January 25 1791) | Event | The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. | |
| January 25th, 1787 (January 25 1787) | Event | American Daniel Shays leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor s prisons. | |
| January 25th, 1759 (January 25 1759) | Birth | Robert Burns, Scottish poet (died in 1796) | Robert Burns Quotes |
| January 25th, 1755 (January 25 1755) | Event | Moscow University established on Tatiana Day. | |
| January 25th, 1751 (January 25 1751) | Death | Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (born in 1675) | |
| January 25th, 1741 (January 25 1741) | Birth | Benedict Arnold, American general notorious for treason (died in 1801) | |
| January 25th, 1739 (January 25 1739) | Birth | Charles Francois Dumouriez, French general (died in 1823) | |
| January 25th, 1736 (January 25 1736) | Birth | Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (died in 1813) | |
| January 25th, 1733 (January 25 1733) | Death | Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (born in 1652) | |
| January 25th, 1726 (January 25 1726) | Death | Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (born in 1675) | |
| January 25th, 1688 (January 25 1688) | Birth | Juraj Janosik, famous Slovak outlaw (died in 1713) | |
| January 25th, 1670 (January 25 1670) | Death | Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1612) | |
| January 25th, 1640 (January 25 1640) | Birth | William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (died in 1707) | Devo Quotes |
| January 25th, 1640 (January 25 1640) | Death | Robert Burton, English scholar (born in 1577) | |
| January 25th, 1634 (January 25 1634) | Birth | Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (died in 1688) | |
| January 25th, 1627 (January 25 1627) | Birth | Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (died in 1691) | |
| January 25th, 1615 (January 25 1615) | Birth | Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (died in 1660) | |
| January 25th, 1592 (January 25 1592) | Event | Presumed date of victory of Siamese King Naresuan over Burmese Crown Prince Minchit Sra in a duel on elephant back; commemorated as Royal Thai Armed Forces Day. | |
| January 25th, 1586 (January 25 1586) | Death | Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (born in 1515) | |
| January 25th, 1573 (January 25 1573) | Event | Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. | |
| January 25th, 1573 (January 25 1573) | Death | Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (born in 1553) | |
| January 25th, 1559 (January 25 1559) | Death | King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (born in 1481) | |
| January 25th, 1554 (January 25 1554) | Event | Founding of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. | |
| January 25th, 1533 (January 25 1533) | Event | Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
| January 25th, 1509 (January 25 1509) | Birth | Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (died in 1580) | |
| January 25th, 1494 (January 25 1494) | Event | Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. | |
| January 25th, 1494 (January 25 1494) | Death | King Ferdinand I of Naples (born in 1423) | |
| January 25th, 1477 (January 25 1477) | Birth | Anna, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France (died in 1514) | |
| January 25th, 1431 (January 25 1431) | Death | Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1364) | |
| January 25th, 1366 (January 25 1366) | Death | Henry Suso, German mystic | |
| January 25th, 1327 (January 25 1327) | Event | Edward III becomes King of England. | |
| January 25th, 1067 (January 25 1067) | Death | Emperor Yingzong of China (born in 1032) | |
| January 25th, 0844 (January 25 0844) | Death | Pope Gregory IV | Gregory I Quotes |
| January 25th, 0750 (January 25 0750) | Birth | Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor | |
| January 25th, 0477 (January 25 0477) | Death | Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans | |
| January 25th, 0389 (January 25 0389) | Death | Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (born in 329) | |
