Events of 1625

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.

July–December

• July – First attack from barbary pirates in south-western England.
• 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.

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.[6179]
• 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.

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)

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?)

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