1625
Events
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January–March
- January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet.
- February 3 – Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero has its premiere, stated in Florence in Italy. The opera will continue to be staged almost 400 years later, as late as the year 2018.
- February 6 – Bogislaw XIV becomes the final Duke of Pomerania, an office that becomes extinct after his death in 1637.
- February 8 – Hafñz Ahmed Pasha is designated as the new grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad IV, 11 days after the death of ÃÂerkes Mehmed Pasha.
- February 11 – DutchâÂÂPortuguese War: The Battle of Hormuz, one of the largest naval battles ever fought in the Persian Gulf takes place in the Straits of Hormuz as fleets 0of the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company defend Persia against an attack by ships from the colony of Portuguese India.
- February РHuguenot forces under the Duke of Soubise capture the Island of R̩.
- March 21 – James Ussher is appointed Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland.
- March 28–April 24 – First Savoine War – Relief of Genoa: The Spanish fleet aids the Republic of Genoa, by overcoming the Franco-Savoyard occupation of the city of Genoa.
- March 25 – Battle of Martqopi: The Safavids are defeated in Georgia.
- March 27 – Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland succeeds to the throne on the death of his father, King James VI and I.
April–June
July–September
October–December
Date unknown
- The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town will transform into a piece of New York City.
- The capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, is founded by King Andrianjaka.
- In England, a very high tide occurs, the highest ever known in the Thames, and the sea walls in Kent, Essex, and Lincolnshire are overthrown, thus great desolation is caused to the lands near the sea.
- An English colony is established in Barbados.
- The first members of the Society of Jesus move to Quebec, Canada.
- Approximate date – Shyaam a-Mbul begins to unify the Kuba Kingdom in Central Africa.
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Births
January–March
- January 29 – Thieleman J. van Braght, Dutch Anabaptist author (d. 1664)
- February 1 – Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz, German noble (d. 1694)
- February 9 – Jobst Herman, Count of Lippe, Sternberg and Schwalenberg (d. 1678)
- February 14 – Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (d. 1687)
- February 18 – Giovanni Giuseppe Cosattini, Italian painter (d. 1699)
- February 21 – Joan Huydecoper II, Dutch mayor (d. 1704)
- March 1 – William Gregory, English politician and judge (d. 1696)
- March 14 – Daniel Gittard, French architect (d. 1686)
- March 25
- Ann, Lady Fanshawe, English memoirist (d. 1680)
- John Collins, English mathematician (d. 1683)
April–June
- April 4 – Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1669)
- April 5 – Domenico Maria Canuti, Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1684)
- April 18 – Sir John Baber, English physician to Charles II (d. 1704)
- April 25 – John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1665âÂÂ1679) (d. 1679)
- May 9 – George Pitt, English politician (d. 1694)
- May 11 – Elisabeth Marie, Duchess of Oels, Regent of Oels (1664âÂÂ1672) (d. 1686)
- May 13 – Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (d. 1713)
- May 23 – John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (d. 1690)
- May 25
- John Davies, Welsh translator and writer (d. 1693)
- Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna, Spanish duke (d. 1694)
- June 8 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer and engineer (d. 1712)
- June 9 – Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" born in New Netherland (d. 1685)
- June 10 – János Apáczai Csere, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1659)
- June 16 – Samuel Chappuzeau, French scholar (d. 1701)
- June 17 – Peder Hansen Resen, Danish historian (d. 1688)
- June 22 – Henry Cromwell-Williams, English politician (d. 1673)
- June 23 – John Fell, English churchman and influential academic (d. 1686)
July–September
- July 10 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
- July 27 – Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (d. 1672)
- July 30 РPhilippe Fran̤ois, 1st Duke of Arenberg (d. 1674)
- August 9 – Hans Rosing, Norwegian bishop (d. 1699)
- August 10
- Johann Deutschmann, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1706)
- Augustine Reding, Swiss abbot and theologian (d. 1692)
- August 13 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and scientist (d. 1698)
- August 14 РFran̤ois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
- August 20 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1709)
- August 21 – John Claypole, English politician (d. 1688)
- September 2 – Federico Baldeschi Colonna, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1691)
- September 4 – Johan van Rensselaer, Dutch noble (d. 1663)
- September 5 – Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1669âÂÂ1671) (d. 1671)
- September 7 – Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1628âÂÂ1699) (d. 1699)
- September 8 – William Bond, first Speaker of the Massachusetts Province House of Representatives (d. 1695)
- September 13 – Thomas Reynell, English politician (d. 1698)
- September 16 – Gregorio Barbarigo, Italian Catholic saint (d. 1697)
- September 23 – Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden, father of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1669)
- September 24 – Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
October–December
- October 2 – Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass, English noble (d. 1687)
- October 4 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal (d. 1661)
- October 5 – Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (d. 1663)
- October 6 – Francis Small, English trader and landowner residing primarily in Kittery, Maine (d. 1714)
- October 9 – Jacques Henri de Durfort de Duras, French noble (d. 1704)
- October 10 – Erik Dahlbergh, Swedish engineer, soldier and field marshal (d. 1703)
- October 19 – Pierre Nicole, French Jansenist (d. 1695)
- October 23 – Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven, English Member of Parliament (d. 1698)
- October 26 – MichaÃ
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- October 31 – Christen Jensen Lodberg, Danish bishop (d. 1693)
- November 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop, martyr and saint (d. 1681)
- November 7 – Henri II, Duke of Nemours, 7th Duc de Nemours (1652âÂÂ59) (d. 1659)
- November 8 – Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, 7th daughter of Richard Boyle (d. 1678)
- November 12 – Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet, Irish politician (d. 1684)
- November 13 – William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Germany (d. 1681)
- November 20
- Tønne Huitfeldt, Norwegian landowner and military officer (d. 1677)
- Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
- November 30 – Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
- December 8 – Margaret Mostyn, English Carmelite nun (d. 1679)
- December 10 – Melchior Barthel, German sculptor (d. 1672)
- December 14 РBarth̩lemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)
- December 16 – Erhard Weigel, German mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (d. 1699)
- December 20
- Tamás Esterházy, Hungarian noble (d. 1652)
- David Gregory, Scottish physician and inventor (d. 1720)
- December 24 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German composer and organist (d. 1673)
Date unknown
Deaths
January–March
- January/February – Robert Cushman, English Plymouth Colony settler (b. 1577)
- January 5 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)
- January 7 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (b. c. 1560)
- January 17 – Maria Dolgorukova, first spouse of Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. c. 1601)
- January 18 – John Pakington, English noble (b. 1549)
- January 23 – Count John III of Rietberg (b. 1566)
- January 27 – Adrianus Valerius, Dutch National Anthem writer (b. c. 1575)
- January 29 – Jacob Gretser, German Jesuit writer (b. 1562)
- February 6 – Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1584)
- February 19 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester, English peer (b. 1563)
- February 26
- Anna Vasa of Sweden, Polish and Swedish princess (b. 1568)
- Jeremiah of Wallachia, Romanian-born Capuchin lay brother, who spent his entire adult life serving as an infirmarian of the Order in Italy (b. 1556)
- March 2 – James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (b. 1589)
- March 7
- Johann Bayer, German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer) (b. 1572)
- Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1603âÂÂ1625) (b. 1583)
- March 26 – Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- March 27 – King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (b. 1566)
- March 28 or March 29 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
April–June
- April 5 – Andres de Soto, Franciscan preacher and spiritual writer (b. 1552)
- April 7 – Adriaan van den Spiegel, Flemish physician, anatomist (b. 1578)
- April 10 – Michael de Sanctis, Spanish Trinitarian priest (b. 1591)
- April 15 – Thomas Field, Irish Jesuit (b. 1546)
- April 16 – Nicholas Assheton, English country squire, writer (b. 1590)
- April 23 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
- April 30
- Marco Passionei, Italian Catholic, member of the Order of Friars Minor (b. 1560)
- Lawrence Tanfield, British politician (b. 1551)
- May 7 – John Garrard, Lord Mayor of London (1601-1602) (b. 1550)
- May 25 – William Barlow, British scientist (b. 1603)
- June 1 РHonor̩ d'Urf̩, French writer (b. 1568)
- June 2 – MÃ
Âri Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)
- June 5 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer and organist (b. 1583)
July–September
- July 1 – Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani, Georgian prince (b. 1572)
- July 19 – Samuel Besler, Polish composer (b. 1574)
- July 26 – Johannes Piscator, German theologian (b. 1546)
- August 3 – Ludovico Bertonio, Italian missionary (b. 1552)
- August 14 – Hans Rottenhammer, German artist (b. 1564)
- August 15 – Mary Cholmondeley, English medieval lady, litigant over her inheritance (b. 1563)
- August 18 – Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat (b. 1556)
- August 19 – Enno III, Count of East Frisia, Count of Ostfriesland (1599-1625) from the Cirksena Family (b. 1563)
- August 29 – John Fletcher, English writer (b. 1579)
- August 30 – Duchess Anna of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick (b. 1576)
- September 4 – Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (b. 1558)
- September 6 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (b. 1579)
- September 11 – Charles Montagu, English politician (b. 1564)
- September 14
- Pieter Isaacsz, Dutch painter (b. 1569)
- Edward Mayhew, English priest (b. 1569)
- September 19 – Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, German Catholic cardinal (b. 1582)
- September 20 – Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
- September 26 – Edward Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford of England (b. 1572)
October–December
- October 1 РC̩sar Oudin, French translator (b. 1560)
- October 6 – Anthony Irby, English politician (b. 1547)
- October 22 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- October 24
- Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg, Third son of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar (b. 1599)
- Abraham Scultetus, German theologian (b. 1566)
- October 25 – Hans Michael Elias von Obentraut, Palatinate cavalry general in the Thirty Years' War (b. 1574)
- November 3 – Adam Gumpelzhaimer, German composer (b. 1559)
- November 16 – Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter (b. c. 1532)
- November 19 – Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (b. 1569)
- December 8 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1573)
- December 9 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
- December 16 – Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Gütsrow (b. 1596)
- December 27 – Charles Baillie, Flemish-born Scottish papal agent (b. 1542)
Date unknown
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