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1625
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1622 1623 1624 - 1625 - 1626 1627 1628 |
| 1625 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 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).
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- The English Parliament refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead.
- William Oughtred invents the slide rule.
- James Ussher becomes Archbishop of Armagh.
- New Netherlands director Wilhem Verhulst commissions the construction of Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan.
| Gregorian calendar | 1625 MDCXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2378 |
| Armenian calendar | 1074 ԹՎ ՌՀԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -219 – -218 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2169 |
| Chinese calendar | 4261/4321-11-23 (甲子年十一月廿三日) — to —
4262/4322-12-3(乙丑年十二月初三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1617 – 1618 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5385 – 5386 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1680 – 1681 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1547 – 1548 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4726 – 4727 |
| Holocene calendar | 11625 |
| Iranian calendar | 1003 – 1004 |
| Islamic calendar | 1034 – 1035 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 2 (寛永2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2285 (皇紀2285年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11625 |
| Julian calendar | 1670 |
| Korean calendar | 3958 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2168 |
- 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 Category:1625 births.
- 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 Category:1625 deaths.