Today is April 25, the weather is +18°C. Mostly cloudy, light wind, southwest 4.4 m/s. Atmospheric pressure 738 mm Hg. Art. Relative humidity 57%.
Tomorrow night the air temperature will drop to +11°C, the wind will change to the east 2.0 m/s. The pressure will drop and will be 737 mm Hg. Art. The temperature during the day will not rise above +20°C, and at night on April 27 it will not drop below +11°C. The wind will be northwest at 1.5 m/s.
Sunrise: 05:08 Sunset: 19:58 Day length: 14 hours 50 minutes
Today the name day is celebrated
Men
Akakiy from the ancient Greek name Akakios – “kindly, not doing evil”
Basil from the ancient Greek name Basileios – “royal, royal”
David from the Hebrew name David – “beloved”
Ivan from the Hebrew name Yochanan – “Yahweh is merciful” from the Hebrew name John – “merciful of God”
Sergey from the Roman family name Sergius – “noble”, “high”
Ian Polish, Belarusian and Old Russian forms of the Hebrew name Yochanan – “Yahweh is merciful”
Women
Maria from the Hebrew name Miriam – “desired”, “bitter”, “serene”
Martha Western European form of the name Martha, derived from the Hebrew name Martha – “mistress”, “mistress”, “mentor”
Marfa from the Hebrew name Martha – “mistress”, “mistress”, “mentor”
Holidays today
International DNA Day
Vasily Parilshchik
Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Daughter’s Day
Chechen Language Day.
Events and memorable dates:
1333 – Casimir III the Great was crowned in Krakow, putting an end to the feudal fragmentation of Poland,
1433 – Prince Yuri Dmitrievich defeated Vasily II in the Battle of Klyazma, after which he took the grand-ducal throne in Moscow,
1498 – The Brotherhood of the Blackheads was founded in Riga, which played a significant role in the life of the city. Only single German merchants could be its members. Previously, they considered Saint George their patron, but then Saint Mauritius, who was black, became their patron. This is where the name of the members of the Brotherhood came from,
1607 – The Dutch fleet destroys the Spanish at the Battle of Gibraltar,
1626 – the Battle of Dessau took place – the battle of the Thirty Years’ War. The army of the Catholic League under the command of Albrecht von Wallenstein defeated the Protestant forces commanded by Ernst von Mansfeld,
1707 – James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick wins the Battle of Almansa
1719 – The first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel about Robinson Crusoe is published in London,
1783 – The first hot air balloon carrying a load equal to the weight of an adult was launched in Annonay (France).
1792 – Rouget de Lisle composed a battle song for the Army of the Rhine. Nowadays the song is known as “La Marseillaise”.
