1725
Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
Years: | 1722 1723 1724 - 1725 - 1726 1727 1728 |
1725 in topic: |
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
Art - Literature - Music - Science |
Countries: Canada |
Great Britain - |
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments - |
Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1725 (MDCCXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1725
January - June
- February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia.
- February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony.
- March 2 – In London, night watchman finds a severed head by the Thames; it is later recognized to be that of the husband of . She and one accomplice are later executed.
- May 21 - The Order of Alexander Nevsky was instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I.
- May 24 - Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "", is hanged in Tyburn, England for actually aiding criminals.
July - December
- September 3 - Treaty of Hanover signed between Great Britain, France and Prussia.
Undated
- Black Watch is founded in Scotland.
- A fire in Wapping in England destroys 70 houses.
Births
Gregorian calendar | 1725 MDCCXXV |
Ab urbe condita | 2478 |
Armenian calendar | 1174 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԴ |
Bahá'í calendar | -119 – -118 |
Buddhist calendar | 2269 |
Chinese calendar | 4361/4421-11-17 (甲辰年十一月十七日) — to —
4362/4422-11-27(乙巳年十一月廿七日) |
Coptic calendar | 1441 – 1442 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1717 – 1718 |
Hebrew calendar | – |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1780 – 1781 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1647 – 1648 |
- Kali Yuga | 4826 – 4827 |
Holocene calendar | 11725 |
Iranian calendar | 1103 – 1104 |
Islamic calendar | 1137 – 1138 |
Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 10 (享保10年) |
- Imperial Year | 2385 (皇紀2385年) |
Julian calendar | 1770 |
Korean calendar | 4058 |
Thai solar calendar | 2268 |
- February 4 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
- February 5 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
- February 15 - Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1794)
- February 25 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
- March 11 - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1807)
- March 17 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
- March 20 - Abd-al-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
- March 24
- Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
- Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (d. 1788)
- March 28 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
- April 2 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
- April 6 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807)
- April 23 - Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
- April 25 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)
- May 12 - Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (d. 1785)
- May 25 - Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
- July 1 - Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807)
- July 24 - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)
- August 21 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
- August 29 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
- September 5 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
- September 12 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
- September 16 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
- September 24 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
- September 25 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (d. 1804)
- September 29 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
- October 12 - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
- October 21 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
- December 11 - George Mason, American founding father (d. 1792)
- December 18 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791)
- See also Category: 1725 births.
Deaths
- January 6 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (b. 1653)
- February 8 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
- March 2 - José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (b. 1665)
- April 8 - John Wise, English clergyman (b. 1652)
- May 24 - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1683)
- June 29 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b. 1657)
- October 10 - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France
- October 11 - Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639)
- October 24 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)
- October 31 - , Vampire(b. 1660)
- December 7 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
- date unknown
- José Mora, Spanish sculptor (b. 1638)
- Nguyễn Phúc Chu, Vietnamese ruler (b. 1675)
- See also Category: 1725 deaths.