April 25

For the 2015 New Zealand documentary film, see 25 April (film).

For the North Korean sports club, see April 25 Sports Club.

April 25 in recent years

2024 (Thursday)

2023 (Tuesday)

2022 (Monday)

2021 (Sunday)

2020 (Saturday)

2019 (Thursday)

2018 (Wednesday)

2017 (Tuesday)

2016 (Monday)

2015 (Saturday)

April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 250 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 404 BC – Peloponnesian War: Lysander's Spartan armies defeated the Athenians and the war ends.
• 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
• 799 – After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
• 1134 – The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.
• 1607 – Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
• 1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
• 1707 – A coalition of England, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
• 1792 – "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
• 1804 – The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepts the suzerainty of the Russian Empire
• 1829 – Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
• 1846 – Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.
• 1847 – The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness.
• 1849 – The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
• 1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
• 1882 – Tonkin Campaign: French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• 1901 – New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• 1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• 1916 – Easter Rising: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.
• 1916 – Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• 1920 – At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
• 1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• 1940 – Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
• 1944 – The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
• 1945 – Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe.
• 1945 – Liberation Day (Italy): The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini is captured after trying to escape. This day was set as a public holiday to celebrate the Liberation of Italy.
• 1945 – Fifty nations gather in San Francisco to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
• 1945 – The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
• 1951 – Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• 1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• 1954 – The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• 1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• 1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
• 1961 – Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
• 1965 – Teenage sniper Michael Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Santa Maria, California.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
• 1974 – Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the fascist Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
• 1975 – As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
• 1981 – More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.
• 1982 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
• 1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
• 1983 – Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
• 1986 – Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
• 1988 – In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
• 1990 – Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
• 2001 – Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
• 2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
• 2005 – Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
• 2005 – One hundred and seven people die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan.
• 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.
• 2015 – Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
• 2015 – Riots break out in Baltimore, Maryland following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

Births

• 1214 – Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
• 1228 – Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)
• 1284 – Edward II of England (d. 1327)
• 1287 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1330)
• 1502 – Georg Major, German theologian and academic (d. 1574)
• 1599 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1658)
• 1608 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans (d. 1660)
• 1621 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (d. 1679)
• 1666 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer (d. 1727)
• 1694 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1753)
• 1710 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author (d. 1776)
• 1723 – Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (d. 1797)
• 1725 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (d. 1786)
• 1767 – Nicolas Oudinot, French general (d. 1847)
• 1770 – Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist and academic (d. 1850)
• 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)
• 1843 – Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
• 1849 – Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic (d. 1901)
• 1862 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1933)
• 1868 – John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)
• 1871 – Lorne Currie, French-English sailor (d. 1926)
• 1872 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (d. 1956)
• 1873 – Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1956)
• 1874 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
• 1874 – Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937)
• 1876 – Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (d. 1958)
• 1878 – William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946)
• 1887 – Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic (d. 1936)
• 1892 – Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996)
• 1900 – Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1902 – Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)
• 1902 – Mary Miles Minter, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1987)
• 1905 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)
• 1906 – William J. Brennan, Jr., American colonel and jurist (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)
• 1909 – William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1912 – Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (d. 1965)
• 1913 – Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (d. 1944)
• 1914 – Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author and academic (d. 1948)
• 1915 – Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
• 1916 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Jean Lucas, French racing driver (b. 2003)
• 1918 – Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Finn Helgesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer and academic
• 1923 – Melissa Hayden, Canadian-American ballerina (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1924 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish race walker (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman
• 1925 – Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (d. 1986)
• 1925 – Louis O'Neil, Canadian academic and politician
• 1926 – Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Corín Tellado, Spanish author (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator
• 1928 – Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower
• 1930 – Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Peter Schulz, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Hamburg (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)
• 1931 – James Fenton, Northern Irish linguist and poet
• 1931 – David Shepherd, English painter and author
• 1932 – Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower and politician (d. 1998)
• 1933 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (d. 1992)
• 1934 – Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1934 – Denny Miller, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Bob Gutowski, American pole vaulter (d. 1960)
• 1935 – Reinier Kreijermaat, Dutch footballer
• 1936 – Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000)
• 1938 – Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer
• 1939 – Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager
• 1939 – Ted Kooser, American poet
• 1939 – Richard Lapthorne, English businessman
• 1939 – Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat
• 1939 – Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic
• 1939 – Veronica Sutherland, English academic and British diplomat
• 1940 – Al Pacino, American actor and director
• 1940 – Tristram Powell, English television director, film director, writer and producer
• 1941 – Bertrand Tavernier, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 – Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician
• 1943 – Tony Christie, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1943 – Alan Feduccia, American ornithologist and academic
• 1944 – Mike Kogel, German singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Stephen Nickell, English economist and academic
• 1944 – Bruce Ponder, English geneticist and cancer researcher
• 1945 – Stu Cook, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1945 – Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author
• 1945 – Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1946 – Talia Shire, American actress
• 1946 – Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland
• 1946 – Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 – Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)
• 1947 – Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
• 1948 – Mike Selvey, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1948 – Yu Shyi-kun, Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China
• 1949 – Michael Brown, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1949 – James Fenton, English poet and critic
• 1949 – Vicente Pernía, Argentinian footballer and race car driver
• 1949 – Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance
• 1950 – Donnell Deeny, Northern Irish lawyer and judge
• 1950 – Steve Ferrone, English drummer
• 1950 – Peter Hintze, German politician
• 1950 – Valentyna Kozyr, Ukrainian high jumper
• 1951 – Ian McCartney, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade
• 1952 – Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1952 – Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 – Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach
• 1953 – Ron Clements, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Gary Cosier, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Anthony Venables, English economist, author, and academic
• 1954 – Melvin Burgess, English author
• 1954 – Randy Cross, American football player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Róisín Shortall, Irish educator and politician
• 1955 – Américo Gallego, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1955 – Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor and singer
• 1955 – Zev Siegl, American businessman, co-founded Starbucks
• 1956 – Dominique Blanc, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Jaroslava Schallerová, Czech actress
• 1956 – Andres Sõber, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1957 – Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1958 – Fish, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia
• 1959 – Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director
• 1959 – Tony Phillips, American baseball player
• 1960 – Robert Peston, English journalist
• 1960 – Bruce Redman, Australian director, producer, and critic
• 1961 – Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American journalist and author
• 1962 – Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963 – Joy Covey, American businesswoman (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Dave Martin, English footballer
• 1963 – David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1963 – Bernd Müller, German footballer and manager
• 1963 – Paul Wassif, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer
• 1964 – Fiona Bruce, English journalist
• 1964 – Jamie Siddons, Australian cricketer
• 1964 – R. P. N. Singh, Indian politician
• 1965 – Eric Avery, American bass player and songwriter
• 1965 – Mark Bryant, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014)
• 1966 – Man Arenas, Belgian-Spanish production designer and illustrator
• 1966 – Diego Domínguez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1966 – Femke Halsema, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician
• 1966 – Darren Holmes, American baseball player and coach
• 1966 – Erik Pappas, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Vitaliy Kyrylenko, Ukrainian long jumper
• 1969 – Vanessa Beecroft, Italian contemporary artist
• 1969 – Joe Buck, American sportscaster
• 1969 – Martin Koolhoven, Dutch director and screenwriter
• 1969 – Darren Woodson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1969 – Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer
• 1970 – Jason Lee, American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer
• 1971 – Sara Baras, Spanish dancer
• 1971 – Trygve Seim, Norwegian saxophonist
• 1971 – Brad Clontz, American baseball player
• 1972 – Zaza Zazirov, Georgian-Ukrainian wrestler
• 1973 – Carlota Castrejana, Spanish triple jumper
• 1973 – Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer
• 1975 – Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Tim Duncan, American basketball player
• 1976 – Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player
• 1976 – Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach
• 1977 – Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer
• 1977 – Tommy Mac, German-Canadian singer and bass player
• 1977 – Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer
• 1977 – Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1978 – Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model and actress
• 1978 – Duncan Kibet, Kenyan runner
• 1978 – Matt Walker, English swimmer
• 1980 – Ben Johnston, Scottish drummer and songwriter
• 1980 – James Johnston, Scottish bass player and songwriter
• 1980 – Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host
• 1980 – Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer
• 1980 – Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese baseball player
• 1980 – Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
• 1981 – Dwone Hicks, American football player
• 1981 – Felipe Massa, Brazilian race car driver
• 1981 – John McFall, English sprinter
• 1981 – Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
• 1982 – Brian Barton, American baseball player
• 1982 – Monty Panesar, English cricketer
• 1982 – Marco Russo, Italian footballer
• 1983 – J. P. Howell, American baseball player
• 1983 – Joanne Peh, Singaporean actress and singer
• 1983 – Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 – DeAngelo Williams, American football player
• 1983 – Nick Willis, New Zealand runner
• 1984 – Robert Andino, American baseball player
• 1984 – Jen Johnson, American model and actress
• 1984 – Isaac Kiprono Songok, Kenyan runner
• 1984 – Andre' Woodson, American football player and coach
• 1985 – Giedo van der Garde, Dutch race car driver
• 1986 – Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete
• 1986 – Claudia Rath, German heptathlete
• 1987 – Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer
• 1987 – Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1987 – Johann Smith, American soccer player
• 1988 – James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier
• 1989 – Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player
• 1989 – Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Chinese 11th Panchen Lama
• 1990 – Jean-Éric Vergne, French race car driver
• 1990 – Taylor Walker, Australian footballer
• 1991 – Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer
• 1993 – Alex Bowman, American race car driver
• 1993 – Daniel Norris, American baseball player
• 1993 – Raphaël Varane, French footballer
• 1994 – Elena Ilinykh, Russian ice dancer
• 1995 – Lewis Baker, English footballer
• 1996 – Mack Horton, Australian swimmer
• 1997 – Herlambang Hashemi, Indonesian director, writer, and actor
• 1997 – Julius Ertlthaler, Austrian footballer

Deaths

• 501 – Saint Rusticus, French archbishop (b. 455)
• 1077 – Géza I of Hungary (b. 1040)
• 1185 – Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)
• 1265 – Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195)
• 1295 – Sancho IV of Castile (b. 1258)
• 1342 – Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
• 1397 – Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, English nobleman
• 1472 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
• 1516 – John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)
• 1545 – Jobst II, Count of Hoya (b. 1493)
• 1566 – Diane de Poitiers, French mistress of Henry II of France (b. 1499)
• 1566 – Louise Labé, French poet and author (b. 1520)
• 1595 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and songwriter (b. 1544)
• 1644 – Chongzhen Emperor of China (b. 1611)
• 1660 – Henry Hammond, English cleric and theologian (b. 1605)
• 1690 – David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610)
• 1744 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1770 – Jean-Antoine Nollet, French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700)
• 1800 – William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)
• 1827 – Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1751)
• 1840 – Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
• 1873 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 – 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 – Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 – Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 – Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 – Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 – Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 – John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 – Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)
• 1913 – Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (b. 1859)
• 1915 – Frederick W. Seward, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)
• 1919 – Augustus D. Juilliard, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1923 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1928 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (b. 1878)
• 1941 – Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)
• 1943 – Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)
• 1944 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880)
• 1944 – Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
• 1944 – William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859)
• 1945 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)
• 1961 – Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
• 1970 – Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1972 – George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906)
• 1973 – Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)
• 1975 – Mike Brant, Cypriot-Israeli singer (b. 1947)
• 1976 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (b. 1906)
• 1976 – Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)
• 1982 – John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)
• 1983 – William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (b. 1897)
• 1985 – Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologist (b. 1909)
• 1988 – Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1988 – Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
• 1995 – Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925)
• 1995 – Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1995 – Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (d. 1995)
• 1996 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Wright Morris, American author and photographer (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author (b. 1914)
• 1999 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951)
• 2000 – Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)
• 2000 – David Merrick, American director and producer (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2002 – Lisa Lopes, American rapper (b. 1971)
• 2002 – Athanasios Papoulis, Greek-American mathematician and engineer (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (b. 1966)
• 2004 – Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Jim Barker, American politician (b. 1935)
• 2005 – Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Poly Styrene, British musician (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Charles G. Hall, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
• 2013 – György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Rick Camp, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2014 – Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925)
• 2014 – William Judson Holloway, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
• 2014 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (b. 1948)
• 2015 – Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Mike Phillips, American basketball player (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Feast of Saint Mark
  • Giovanni Battista Piamarta
  • Major Rogation (Western Christianity)
  • Philo and Agathopodes
  • Pope Anianus of Alexandria
  • April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Anniversary of the First Cabinet of Kurdish Government (Iraqi Kurdistan)
• Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand)
• Arbor Day (Germany)
• DNA Day
• Flag Day (Faroe Islands)
• Flag Day (Swaziland)
• Freedom Day (Portugal)
• Liberation Day (Italy)
• Military Foundation Day (North Korea)
• Parental Alienation Awareness Day
• Red Hat Society Day
• Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)
• World Malaria Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Today in Canadian HIstory