1625 (MDCXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1625th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 625th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 17th century, and the 6th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1625, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1622 1623 1624 – 1625 – 1626 1627 1628 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1625 MDCXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2378 |
| Armenian calendar | 1074 ԹՎ ՌՀԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6375 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1546–1547 |
| Bengali calendar | 1032 |
| Berber calendar | 2575 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Ja. 1 – 1 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2169 |
| Burmese calendar | 987 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7133–7134 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4321 or 4261 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4322 or 4262 |
| Coptic calendar | 1341–1342 |
| Discordian calendar | 2791 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1617–1618 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5385–5386 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1681–1682 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1546–1547 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4725–4726 |
| Holocene calendar | 11625 |
| Igbo calendar | 625–626 |
| Iranian calendar | 1003–1004 |
| Islamic calendar | 1034–1035 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 2 (寛永２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1546–1547 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3958 |
| Minguo calendar | 287 before ROC 民前287年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 157 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2167–2168 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1751 or 1370 or 598 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1752 or 1371 or 599 |
- January 7 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer
- March 7 – Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
- March 25 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- March 27 – King James I of England and Ireland/James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
- March 29 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
- April 23 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
- April 27 – Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)
- June 1 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
- June 5 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer and organist (b. 1583)
- August – John Fletcher, English writer (b. 1579)
- September 20 – Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (b. 1555)
- September 26 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (d. 1579)
- October 22 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- December 9 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
- Robert Cushman, Plymouth Colony settler
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