Editing 1625 (section)

== Events ==
[[File:Soubise 12 15 Septembre 1625.jpg|thumb|[[September 15]]: The [[Capture of Ré island]].]]
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 17]] &ndash; Led by the [[Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise|Duke of Soubise]], the [[Huguenots]] launch [[Huguenot rebellions#Second|a second rebellion]] against King [[Louis XIII]], with a [[Battle of Blavet|surprise naval assault]] on a French fleet being prepared in [[Port-Louis, Morbihan|Blavet]].
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Francesca Caccini]]'s opera ''[[La liberazione di Ruggiero]]'' has its premiere, stated in [[Florence]] in [[Italy]]. The opera will continue to be staged almost 400 years later, as late as the year 2018. 
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania|Bogislaw XIV]] becomes the final [[Duke of Pomerania]], an office that becomes extinct after his death in 1637. 
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Hafız Ahmed Pasha]] is designated as the new [[List of Ottoman grand viziers|grand vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] by Sultan [[Murad IV]], 11 days after the death of [[Çerkes Mehmed Pasha]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Dutch–Portuguese War]]: One of the largest naval battles ever fought in the [[Persian Gulf]] takes place in the [[Straits of Hormuz]] as fleets of the [[Dutch East India Company]] and the [[English East India Company]] defend [[Safavid Persia|Persia]] against an [[Battle off Hormuz (1625)|attack by ships]] from the colony of [[Portuguese India]]. 
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Huguenot]] forces under the [[Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise|Duke of Soubise]] capture the [[Island of Ré]].
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[James Ussher]] is appointed [[Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland)]] and Primate of All Ireland.
* [[March 28]]&ndash;[[April 24]] &ndash; First Savoine War &ndash; [[Relief of Genoa]]: The Spanish fleet aids the [[Republic of Genoa]], by overcoming the Franco-[[Duchy of Savoy|Savoyard]] occupation of the city of Genoa.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Martqopi]]: The Safavids are defeated in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] succeeds to the throne on the death of his father, King [[James VI and I]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry of Nassau]] marries [[Amalia of Solms-Braunfels|Amalia, Countess von Solms-Braunfels]].
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]] is appointed German supreme commander of the armies of [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]]. 
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Stadtholder]] [[Maurice of Nassau]] of the [[Dutch Republic]] dies, and is succeeded by his younger brother, [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]].
* [[May 1]] &ndash; A Portuguese-Spanish expedition [[Recapture of Bahia|recaptures Salvador, Bahia]] ([[Bahia]]) from the Dutch.
* [[May 15]]&ndash;[[May 16|16]] &ndash; Rebellious farmers are hanged in [[Vocklamarkt]], [[Upper Austria]].
* [[June 2]] &ndash; Prince Frederick Henry is sworn in as the stadtholder of [[Holland]] and [[Zeeland]].
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] troops under [[Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases|Ambrogio Spinola]] conquer [[Breda]], after [[Siege of Breda (1624)|a nine-month siege]].
* [[June 13]] &ndash; King Charles I of [[Kingdom of England|England]] marries Catholic princess [[Henrietta Maria of France]] and [[Navarre]], at Canterbury.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Williamson|title=Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cIMbAQAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Salem House|isbn=978-0-88162-213-3|page=138|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; The English [[Parliament]] refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; The [[Safavid Empire]] in Iran defeats an invasion from the Kingdom of Georgia in the [[Battle of Marabda]] with heavy losses on both sides, including the Georgian commander, [[Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani]]. <ref name=MIkaberidze>"Marabda, Battle of (1625)", in ''Historical Dictionary of Georgia'', by Alexander Mikaberidze (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) p. 454</ref><ref>"Iranian Conflict 1609-25", in ''Early Modern Wars 1500–1775'', ed. by Dennis Showalter (Amber Books Ltd, 2013)</ref> when the [[Iran]]ian [[Safavid]] army defeated a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] force.
* [[July]] &ndash; The [[Barbary pirate]]s first attack south-western [[England]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Giles Milton|first=Giles|last=Milton|title=White Gold|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|year=2005}}</ref> In August they enslave about 60 people from [[Mount's Bay]] in [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Matar|first=Nabil|title=Islam in Britain, 1558-1685|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRoGHSFa1swC&pg=PA7|year=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-62233-2|page=7}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz|Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz]] is appointed as stadtholder of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]].
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz|Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz]] is appointed stadtholder of [[Drenthe]].
* [[September 8]] &ndash; The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the [[Dutch Republic]], against [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=1625|title=The People's Chronology|editor=Everett, Jason M.|publisher=Thomson Gale|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] &ndash; A total of 16 [[rabbi]]s (including [[Isaiah Horowitz]]) are imprisoned in [[Jerusalem]].
* [[September 15]] &ndash; After several skirmishes in the preceding days, troops under the [[Toiras|Marquis of Toiras]] successfully [[Capture of Ré island|recapture the island of Ré]], forcing the [[Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise|Duke of Soubise]] to flee to [[England]], and ending the [[Huguenot rebellions|second Huguenot rebellion]].
* [[September 24]] &ndash; A [[Netherlands|Dutch]] fleet [[Battle of San Juan (1625)|attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico]].

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 25]] &ndash; A [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] fleet [[Battle of Elmina (1625)|attacks the Portuguese garrison at Elmina castle]] at modern-day [[Elmina, Ghana]], but is defeated with heavy casualties. This defeat, along with the defeats at [[Recapture of Bahia|Bahia]] and [[Battle of San Juan (1625)|Puerto Rico]], causes a five-year-long lull in Dutch attacks on Spanish and Portuguese colonies.
* [[November 1]]&ndash;[[November 7|7]] &ndash; [[Cádiz Expedition (1625)|Cádiz Expedition]]: English forces commanded by Admiral [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers]] (which set out from [[Plymouth]] on October 8) are decisively defeated by the Spanish at [[Cádiz]].
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: The [[Netherlands]] and [[England]] sign the [[Treaty of The Hague (1625)|Treaty of The Hague]], a military peace treaty for providing economical aid to King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV of Denmark-Norway]], during his military campaigns in Germany.

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] settle [[Manhattan]], founding the town of [[New Amsterdam]]. The town will transform into a piece of [[New York City]].<ref name="nycgovparks">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=7712 |title=The Battery Highlights : New York City Gov Parks |publisher=nycgovparks.org|access-date=2016-03-06}}</ref>
* The capital of [[Madagascar]], [[Antananarivo]], is founded by King [[Andrianjaka]].
* In England, a very high tide occurs, the highest ever known in the [[Thames]], and the sea walls in [[Kent]], [[Essex]], and [[Lincolnshire]] are overthrown, thus great desolation is caused to the lands near the sea.<ref>{{Wheeler1896|page=31}}</ref>
* An English colony is established in [[Barbados]].<ref name="CC1625">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/248 248–253]}}</ref>
* The first members of the [[Society of Jesus]] move to Quebec, Canada.
* Approximate date &ndash; Shyaam a-Mbul begins to unify the [[Kuba Kingdom]] in Central Africa.
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