en 1425

1425 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1425; MCDXXV
Ab urbe condita	2178
Armenian calendar	874; ԹՎ ՊՀԴ
Assyrian calendar	6175
Balinese saka calendar	1346–1347
Bengali calendar	831–832
Berber calendar	2375
English Regnal year	3 Hen. 6 – 4 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1969
Burmese calendar	787
Byzantine calendar	6933–6934
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon); 4122 or 3915; — to —; 乙巳年 (Wood Snake); 4123 or 3916
Coptic calendar	1141–1142
Discordian calendar	2591
Ethiopian calendar	1417–1418
Hebrew calendar	5185–5186
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1481–1482
- Shaka Samvat	1346–1347
- Kali Yuga	4525–4526
Holocene calendar	11425
Igbo calendar	425–426
Iranian calendar	803–804
Islamic calendar	828–829
Japanese calendar	Ōei 32; (応永３２年)
Javanese calendar	1339–1341
Julian calendar	1425; MCDXXV
Korean calendar	3758
Minguo calendar	487 before ROC; 民前487年
Nanakshahi calendar	−43
Thai solar calendar	1967–1968
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年; (male Wood-Dragon); 1551 or 1170 or 398; — to —; 阴木蛇年; (female Wood-Snake); 1552 or 1171 or 399

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century; 15th century ; 16th century;
Decades:	1400s; 1410s; 1420s ; 1430s; 1440s;
Years:	1422; 1423; 1424; 1425 ; 1426; 1427; 1428;
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Events

January 8 – The internment of Ming dynasty China's Yongle Emperor, who died on August 12, takes place at the Chang Mausoleum in Beijing's Ming tombs.
January 13 – The Venetian Republic's Great Council authorizes spending to equip 25 galleys for use as warships.^[1]
January 19 – The Yongle Era ends in China and the Hongxi era begins.
February 12 – Discrimination against the Caquins of Brittany is increased as the Duke of Brittany, Jean V, forbids the Caquins from engaging in trade.^[2]
February 24 – King Henry VI of England summons the English Parliament, ordering the members to assemble on April 30 at Westminster.
February 27 – At the age of 10, Vasily II becomes the new Grand Prince of the Principality of Moscow, which includes most of what is now western Russia, upon the death of his father, Vasily I of Moscow.^[3] Vasily II's mother, Sophia of Lithuania, serves as his regent.
March 12 – King James I of Scotland opens a brief session of the Scottish Parliament, which opens at Perth and ends after only five days.

April 30 – The Third English Parliament of King Henry VI opens at Westminster for a session of almost three months. Thomas Walton is elected as Speaker of the House of Commons.
May 29 – China's Hongxi Emperor dies after a reign of only nine months.^[4] He is succeeded by his son, Prince Zhu Zhanji, who becomes the Xuande Emperor.
June 27 – Zhu Zhanji is formally enthroned as the Ming dynasty Emperor of China as the Xuande Emperor.^[5]

July 14 – The English Parliament closes as King Henry VI gives royal assent to the Labourers Act 1425, the River Lee Navigation Act 1425 and laws requiring a royal license for exportation of sheep and for exportation of butter and cheese.
July 21 – John VIII Palaiologos becomes the Emperor of Byzantium (now the site of the Republic of Turkey) upon the death of the Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos.^[6]^[7]
November 9 – Kale Kye-Taung Nyo becomes King of Ava by having his lover, Queen Shin Bo-Me, assassinate his 8-year-old nephew, King Min Hla.
December 9 – The Old University of Leuven, Belgium is founded.

- The Maltese people rise up against Don Gonsalvo Monroy, count of Malta. The insurgents repel an attempt by the Viceroy of Sicily to bring the island to order. The Maltese do not submit to Catalan-Aragonese rule, until the Magna Charta Libertatis, granting them their new rights, is delivered to them.
- Beijing, capital of China, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nanjing (estimated date).^[8]
- By this year, paper currency in China is worth only 0.025% to 0.014% of its original value in the 14th century; this, and the counterfeiting of copper coin currency, will lead to a dramatic shift to using silver as the common medium of exchange in China.
- Sharafuddin Ali Yazdi's critical history of Persia, Zafar Nama, is completed under the auspices of Mirza Ibrahim Sultan, grandson of Timur.

Creation of the KU Leuven ^[9]

January 5 – Henry IV of Castile (d. 1474)
March 21 – Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, English nobleman (d. 1446)
March 31 – Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)
April 30 – William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1445–1482) and Duke of Luxembourg (1457–1482) (d. 1482)
October 14 – Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian painter (d. 1499)
November 18 – Kunigunde of Sternberg, first spouse of King George of Podebrady (d. 1449)
date unknown
- Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (d. 1483)
- Krokodeilos Kladas, Greek military leader (d. 1490)
- Xicotencatl I, ruler of Tizatlan (in modern-day Mexico) (d. 1522)

^ Inalcik, Halil (1989). "The Ottoman Turks and the Crusades, 1451–1522". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W.; Zacour, Norman P. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-299-10740-X.
^ Geffroy, Gustave (1905). La Bretagne [Brittany] (in French). Hachette. p. 174.
^ Auty, Robert; Obolensky, Dimitri (1976). Companion to Russian Studies: Volume 1: An Introduction to Russian History. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-521-28038-9.
^ Chan, Hok-lam (1988). "The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te reigns". In Mote, Frederick W.; Twitchett, Denis C (eds.). The Cambridge History of China Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 283. ISBN 0521243327.Chan (1988), p. 283.
^ Dreyer, Edward L (2007). Zheng He : China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 (Library of World Biography Series ed.). New York: Pearson Longman. p. 226. ISBN 978-0321084439. Dreyer (1982), p. 226
^ Norwich, John Julius (1995). Byzantium: The Decline and Fall. London: Viking. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-670-82377-2.
^ Siren Çelik, Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425): A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult (Cambridge University Press, 2021) p.578
^ "Geography". about.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2006.
^ https://www.kuleuven.be/kuleuven