1725
Information about 1725
| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
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| Countries: Canada |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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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 Catherine Hayes. 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 "Thief Taker General", 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 |
| Bah' calendar | -119 – -118 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2269 |
| Chinese calendar | 4361/4421-7-15 (甲辰年七月十五日) — to — 4362/4422-6-24(乙巳年六月廿四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1441 – 1442 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1717 – 1718 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5485 – 5486 |
| 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 0 (享保0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 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)
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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. 1682)
- 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 - Ali Othman, Vampire(b. 1660)
- December 7 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
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- José Mora, Spanish sculptor (b. 1638)
- Nguyễn Phúc Chu, Vietnamese ruler (b. 1675)
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- Upper Paleolithic
- 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
- 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC
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The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.
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As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900.
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"Dark Ages" applied later to this period
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.
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list of decades which have articles with more information about them.
During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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- 850–859: Christian "Martyr Movement" in Muslim Córdoba, Spain.
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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- Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus')
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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- The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia.
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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- 885 — Vikings lay siege to Paris
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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- 899 — Death of Alfred the Great
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11st century
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910 911 912 913 914
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- Construction begins on the first church at the monastery of Cluny.
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Twenty-first century
- 2100 - 2099 - 2098 - 2097 - 2096 - 2095 - 2094 - 2093 - 2092 - 2091
- 2090 - 2089 - 2088 - 2087 - 2086 - 2085 - 2084 - 2083 - 2082 - 2081
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s
882 883 884 - 885 - 886 887 888
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9th century - 10th century
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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884 885 886 - 887 - 888 889 890
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s
885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
860s 870s 880s - 890s - 900s 910s 920s
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-1720- 1721 1722 1723 1724 . 1725 . 1726 . 1727 . 1728 . 1729 . 1730
In science: 1717 1718 1719 -1720- 1721 1722 1723
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In science: 1717 1718 1719 -1720- 1721 1722 1723
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-1725- 1726 . 1727 . 1728 1729 . 1730 . 1731 . 1732 . 1733 . 1734 .
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See also: 1724 in Canada, other events of 1725, 1726 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Events
- Claude-Thomas Dupuy was appointed intendant of New France.
- Peter the Great sends Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific.
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1725 in Great Britain:
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1723 | 1724 | 1725 | 1726 | 1727 Events from the year 1725 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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1723 | 1724 | 1725 | 1726 | 1727 Events from the year 1725 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Events
- 18 May - The Order of the Bath founded by King George I.
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Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750) Bunyoro - Olimi III, Omukama of Bunyoro (c.1710-1731) Dahomey - Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708-1732) Ethiopia - Asma Giyorgis, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1721-1730) Nkore
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- António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho, Governor of Angola (1722-1725)
- José Carvalho da Costa, Governor of Angola (1725-1726)
- Macau - Antonio Carneiro de Alcacova, Governor of Macau (1724-1727)
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