What happened on January 25

66 documented historical events happened on January 25, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Francis I, a great-great-grandson of Charles V, was crowned king of France in the Reims Cathedral. On the same day, in another year: Anne Boleyn (depicted), already pregnant with the future Elizabeth I, secretly married Henry VIII of England in the second of his six marriages. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on January 25, including John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Kokichi Mikimoto, Charles Curtis. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

109 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 25, including Gregory of Nazianzus, Gaiseric, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

12 observances are celebrated on January 25 around the world: Betico Day (Aruba), Burns Night (Scotland), Christian feast day: Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales), Christian feast day: Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, 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). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.