1625
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceYear 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).
Events of 1625
January - June
- March 27 - Death of James I of England, succeeded by Charles Stuart Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- April 4 - Stadtholder Frederick Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels.
- April 7 - Albrecht von Wallenstein is appointed German supreme commander.
- May 1
- Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia).
- Prince Frederick Henry is appointed stadtholder of Holland.
- May 11 - Boers besiege 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 - Marriage of King Charles I of England and 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.
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 - 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.
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.

- First Savoine War between the Republic of Genoa and the Duchy of Savoy.
- The Bohemian Revolt ends.
- Danish intervention starts.
- Huguenot revolt is suppressed.
Births
- 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 1625 births.
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 (born 1578)
- Willem Schouten Dutch navigator (b. 1567?)
- See also 1625 deaths.
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