Today in History for Year 1725

Months in Year 1725: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

Jan 4th - Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]
Feb 20th - 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for £100 a scalp bounty
Apr 30th - Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna
May 1st - Spain & Austria sign trade treaty
May 21st - The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Sep 3rd - England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
Oct 4th - Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
Nov 5th - Spain & Austria sign secret treaty
Nov 11th - Georg F Handel's opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 40 of 40

Feb 4th - Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
Feb 5th - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
Feb 15th - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
Feb 25th - Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame)
Feb 25th - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (Geistliche Kantaten)
Mar 11th - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
Mar 17th - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
Mar 20th - Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
Mar 24th - Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
Mar 24th - Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)
Mar 28th - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
Mar 29th - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer
Apr 1st - Francois Bainville, composer
Apr 2nd - Casanova, writer
Apr 5th - Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)
Apr 20th - Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
Apr 23rd - Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
Apr 25th - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d. 1786)
May 12th - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
May 14th - Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
May 25th - Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
Jun 17th - Joseph Anton Bauer, composer
Jul 1st - Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807)
Jul 16th - Georg Simon Lohlein, composer
Jul 24th - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)
Aug 15th - Ferdinando Bertoni, composer
Aug 21st - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
Aug 24th - Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer
Aug 29th - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
Sep 5th - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
Sep 12th - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
Sep 16th - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
Sep 24th - Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
Sep 25th - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile
Sep 29th - Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India)
Oct 12th - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
Oct 17th - John Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)
Oct 21st - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
Dec 11th - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
Dec 18th - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Sep 5th - French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 6th - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
Feb 6th - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
Feb 8th - Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], tsar of Russia (1682-1725) dies of uremia at 52
Apr 8th - John Wise, English clergyman (b. 1652)
May 8th - John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
May 21st - Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
May 24th - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
Jun 29th - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
Aug 15th - Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77
Oct 10th - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
Oct 11th - Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639)
Oct 22nd - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer, dies at 65
Oct 27th - Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71
Dec 7th - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)