1725
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| Centuries: 17th century – 18th century – 19th century 1725 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
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 5 – James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
- February 6 – Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
- March 11 – Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1807)
- March 20 – Abd al-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
- April 2 – Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
- July 24 – John Newton, English cleric and songwriter (d. 1807)
- December 11 – George Mason, American founding father (d. 1792)
Deaths
- February 8 – Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
- June 29 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b. 1657)
- October 24 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)
- December 7 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
- Jose Mora, Spanish sculptor (b. 1638)
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