Today in History for Year 1625

Months in Year 1625: January March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Mar 27th - Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends English throne
Apr 7th - Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander
May 1st - Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
May 1st - Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland
May 11th - Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
May 15th - 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria
Jun 2nd - Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
Jun 5th - Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda
Aug 6th - Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
Aug 16th - Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe
Sep 13th - 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem
Sep 24th - Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico
Oct 8th - Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz
Dec 9th - Netherlands & England sign military treaty

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

Jun 6th - Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor
Jun 8th - Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)
Jul 10th - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
Jul 27th - Edward Montagu, England
Aug 13th - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
Aug 14th - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
Aug 20th - Thomas Corneille, French playwright
Sep 24th - Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland
Oct 4th - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
Nov 20th - Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised
Nov 20th - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
Nov 30th - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
Dec 14th - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

Apr 4th - Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
Jun 13th - English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 22 of 22

Jan 7th - Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (bc. 1560)
Jan 13th - Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
Jan 17th - Nicolo Rubini, composer, dies at 50
Jan 19th - Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32
Jan 27th - Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49
Mar 5th - James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58
Mar 7th - Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
Mar 25th - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
Mar 27th - James I Stuart, king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58
Mar 29th - Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
Apr 23rd - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57
Apr 27th - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)
May 18th - Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies
Jun 1st - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
Jun 5th - Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
Jul 19th - Samuel Besler, composer, dies at 50
Sep 6th - Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (b. 1579)
Sep 7th - Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64
Sep 20th - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555)
King of Great Britain James I Stuart (Mar 27th) Oct 22nd - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
Nov 14th - Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
Dec 9th - Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78