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1625
(
MDCXXV
)
was a
common year
starting on Wednesday
of the
Gregorian calendar
and a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1625th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 625th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 25th year of the
17th century
, and the 6th year of the
1620s
decade. As of the start of 1625, the Gregorian calendar was
10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
- 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
?
Honore d'Urfe
, 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 (d.
1579
)
- October 22
?
Kikkawa Hiroie
, Japanese politician (b.
1561
)
- December 9
?
Ubbo Emmius
, Dutch historian and geographer (b.
1547
)
- Robert Cushman
, Plymouth Colony settler
