What Happened Today In History

What Happened In Year 1725?

• May 21, 1725 – 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.
• September 5, 1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
• October 4, 1725 – Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.

Who Were Born In The Year 1725?

• February 4, 1725 – Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
• February 15, 1725 – Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
• February 25, 1725 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
• March 11, 1725 – Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
• March 20, 1725 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
• March 24, 1725 – Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)
• March 28, 1725 – Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
• April 2, 1725 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
• April 6, 1725 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807)
• May 14, 1725 – Ludovico Manin, last Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1802)
• May 25, 1725 – Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
• July 1, 1725 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French nobleman and soldier (d. 1807)
• July 24, 1725 – John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807)
• August 29, 1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
• September 16, 1725 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
• September 24, 1725 – Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
• September 25, 1725 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)
• September 29, 1725 – Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
• October 12, 1725 – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
• December 11, 1725 – George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)

Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters JEIIWG? Check your answers here: Word finder JEIIWG. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)

Share or Link to This Page: