1725
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| Years: 1722 1723 1724 - 1725 - 1726 1727 1728 | |
| Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1725 in literature List of state leaders in 1725 | |
Events
- 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
- Black Watch founded in Scotland
- Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "thief-taker general of Great Britain and Ireland" is hanged for aiding criminals
Births
- February 6 -Abraham Clark, American Founding Father
- March 11 - Prince Henry Benedict Stuart, later claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Henry IX and figurehead for Jacobitism.
- April 2 - Casanova, adventurer and writer (died in 1798)
- July 24 - John Newton cleric, songwriter (Amazing Grace).
- December 11 - George Mason, American Founding Father
- Abd al-Hamid I, Ottoman sultan.
Deaths
- February 8 - Tsar Peter I of Russia
- June 29 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writer
- October 24 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer
- December 7 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (born 1661)
- Jose Mora, Spanish sculptor (born 1638)
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