Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1590s  1600s  1610s  – 1620s –  1630s  1640s  1650s
Years:	1622 1623 1624 – 1625 – 1626 1627 1628

1625 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

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).

Contents 1 Events of 1625 1.1 January–June 1.2 July–December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[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
  • a Portuguese-Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia).
  • Prince Frederick Henry is appointed stadtholder of Holland.
• 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

• July – First attack from barbary pirates in south-western England.^[1]
• 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

1625 in other calendars

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
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• 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)

[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?)

[edit] References