1625
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Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s |
Years: | 1622 1623 1624 - 1625 - 1626 1627 1628 |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1625 (MDCXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1625
[edit] January - June
- March 27 - Charles Stuart (Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland) succeeds James I of England.
- April 4 - Stadtholder Frederick Henry marries Amalia, Countess von Solms-Braunfels.
- April 7 - Albrecht von Wallenstein is appointed German supreme commander.
- May 1
- May 11 - Boers besiege the Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria.
- May 15/16 - Rebellious farmers are hanged in Vocklamarkt, Upper Austria.
- June 2 - Prince Frederick Henry is sworn in as the stadtholder of Holland and Zealand.
- June 5 - Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda.
- June 13 - King Charles I of England marries Henrietta Maria, Princess of France and Navarre.
- June 15 - Breda surrenders to the Spanish troops of general Ambrogio de Spinola.
- June 18 - The English Parliament refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead.
[edit] July - December
- August 6 - Earl Ernest Casimir is appointed as stadtholder of Groningen.
- August 16 - Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz is appointed stadtholder of Drenthe.
- September 13 - A total of 16 rabbis (including Isaiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem.
- September 24 - The Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- October 8 - Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth, England to Cadiz.
- December 9 - The Netherlands and England sign a military peace treaty.
[edit] Undated
- William Oughtred invents the slide rule.
- James Ussher becomes Archbishop of Armagh.
- The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City.[1]
- The First Savoine War is fought between the Republic of Genoa and the Duchy of Savoy.
- The Bohemian Revolt ends.
- Danish intervention starts.
- A Huguenot revolt is suppressed.
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1625 MDCXXV |
Ab urbe condita | 2378 |
Armenian calendar | 1074 ԹՎ ՌՀԴ |
Bahá'í calendar | -219 – -218 |
Berber calendar | 2575 |
Buddhist calendar | 2169 |
Burmese calendar | 987 |
Byzantine calendar | 7133 – 7134 |
Chinese calendar | 甲子年十一月廿三日 (4261/4321-11-23) — to —
乙丑年十二月初三日(4262/4322-12-3) |
Coptic calendar | 1341 – 1342 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1617 – 1618 |
Hebrew calendar | 5385 – 5386 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1680 – 1681 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1547 – 1548 |
- Kali Yuga | 4726 – 4727 |
Holocene calendar | 11625 |
Iranian calendar | 1003 – 1004 |
Islamic calendar | 1034 – 1035 |
Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 2 (寛永2年) |
Korean calendar | 3958 |
Thai solar calendar | 2168 |
- June 8 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer and engineer (d. 1712)
- July 10 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
- August 13 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and scientist (d. 1698)
- August 14 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
- August 20 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1709)
- September 24 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
- October 4 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal (d. 1661)
- November 30 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
- December 14 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)
- See also Category:1625 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer
- March 7 - Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
- March 25 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- March 27 - King James I of England and Ireland/James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
- March 29 - Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
- April 23 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
- April 27 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)
- June 1 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
- June 5 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer and organist (b. 1583)
- August - John Fletcher, English writer (b. 1579)
- September 20 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
- September 26 - Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (b. 1579)
- October 22 - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- December 9 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
- date unknown
- Robert Cushman, Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1578)
- Willem Schouten Dutch navigator (b. 1567?)
- See also Category:1625 deaths.