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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1422 1423 1424 - 1425 - 1426 1427 1428 |
| 1425 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1425 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1425
- Beijing, capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nanjing (estimated date).[1]
- The Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium is founded.
- By this year, paper currency in China is worth only 0.025% to 0.014% its original value in the 14th century; this and counterfeiting of copper coin currency will lead to a dramatic shift of using silver as the common medium of exchange in China.
| Gregorian calendar | 1425 MCDXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2178 |
| Armenian calendar | 874 ԹՎ ՊՀԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -419 – -418 |
| Berber calendar | 2375 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1969 |
| Burmese calendar | 787 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6933 – 6934 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年十二月十二日 (4061/4121-12-12) — to —
乙巳年十一月廿二日(4062/4122-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1141 – 1142 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1417 – 1418 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5185 – 5186 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1480 – 1481 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1347 – 1348 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4526 – 4527 |
| Holocene calendar | 11425 |
| Iranian calendar | 803 – 804 |
| Islamic calendar | 828 – 829 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 32 (応永32年) |
| Korean calendar | 3758 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1968 |
Births
- February 14 - Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (d. 1512)
- date unknown
- John II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1470)
- Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (d. 1483)
- Xiotencatl I (d. 1522)
Deaths
- January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
- February 27 - Vasili I of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1371)
- March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
- May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
- May 29 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
- July 21 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1350)
- September 8 - King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- date unknown
- Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (b. 1366)
- Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (b. 1350)
- Yi Jong Mu, Korean general (b. 1360)
- Parameshvara, Indian mathematician (b. 1360)
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- This page was last modified on 28 December 2008, at 07:47.
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