Years: 1622 1623 1624 - 1625 - 1626 1627 1628

Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1625 in literature 1625 in science

Events

• March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• June 13 - Marriage of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria, Princess of France and Navarra.
• The English Parliament refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead.
• William Oughtred invents the slide rule.
• James Ussher becomes Archbishop of Armagh.
• New Netherlands director Wilhem Verhulst commissions the construction of Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan.

Births

• June 28 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer and engineer (died 1712)

Deaths

• March 7 - Johann Bayer, astronomer
• March 27 - King James I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• June 5 - Orlando Gibbons, composer

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