21st May » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
5th September » Wedding of Louis XV of France called Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
4th October » Foundation of Rosario, Santa Fe or Rosario in Argentina.
Famous Birthdays in 1725
4th February » Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
5th February » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
15th February » Abraham Clark, American politician (d. 1794)
25th February » Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
17th March » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American colonel and politician (d. 1806)
20th March » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)
24th March » Samuel Ashe (North Carolina) called Samuel Ashe, American politician, 9th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
24th March » Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)
28th March » Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and author (d. 1795)
2nd April » Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
6th April » Pasquale Paoli, French politician (d. 1807)
25th April » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (d. 1786)
12th May » Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
14th May » Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
25th May » Samuel Ward (American statesman) e.g Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st List of colonial governors of Rhode Island or Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (d. 1776)
1st July » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (d. 1807)
24th July » John Newton, English sailor and clergyman (d. 1807)
21st August » Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
29th August » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1767)
5th September » Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1799)
12th September » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
16th September » Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (d. 1815)
29th September » Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (d. 1774)
12th October » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
17th October » John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
21st October » Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
8th November » Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (d. 1805)
11th December » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (d. 1792)
18th December » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian (d. 1791)
Famous Deaths in History for 1725
6th January » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (b. 1653)
8th February » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
8th April » John Wise (clergyman) known as John Wise, American clergyman (b. 1652)
24th May » Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
29th June » Arai Hakuseki, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1657)
10th October » Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)
11th October » Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
24th October » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)
7th December » Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)