January 25: Feast day of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Eastern Christianity) and Dwynwen (Wales); Tatiana Day (Russia)Nellie Bly1515 FrancisI, a great-great-grandson of CharlesV, was crowned king of France in the Reims Cathedral.1725 Privateer Amaro Pargo was declared a hidalgo, a member of the Spanish nobility.1765 Port Egmont, the first British colony in the Falkland Islands, was founded.1890 American journalist Nellie Bly (pictured) completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record-breaking 72 days.1998 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17 people.Mihrimah Sultan (d.1578)Anna Gardner (b.1816)Jane Bathori (d.1970)Seunghee (b.1996)More anniversaries: January 24January 25January 26ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout