1425

Events of 1425

• Beijing, capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nanjing (estimated date).
• The Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium is founded.
• By this year, paper currency in China is worth only 0.025% to 0.014% its original value in the 14th century; this and counterfeiting of copper coin currency will lead to a dramatic shift of using silver as the common medium of exchange in China.

Births

• February 14 - Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (d. 1512)
• date unknown
• John II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1470)
• Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (d. 1483)
• Xiotencatl I (d. 1522)

Deaths

• January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
• February 27 - Vasili I of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1371)
• March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
• May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
• May 29 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
• July 21 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1350)
• September 8 - King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
• date unknown
• Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (b. 1366)
• Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (b. 1350)
• Yi Jong Mu, Korean general (b. 1360)
• Parameshvara, Indian mathematician (b. 1360)