1725
Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. March 2 – In London, night watchman finds a severed head by the Thames; it is later recognized to be that of the husband of Catherine Hayes. She and one accomplice are later executed Black Watch founded in Scotland Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "thief-taker general of Great Britain and Ireland" is hanged for aiding criminals
BirthsFebruary 5 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)February 6 - Abraham Clark, American founding fatherMarch 11 - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the British throne April 2 - Casanova, adventurer and writer (d. 1798)July 24 - John Newton cleric, songwriterDecember 11 - George Mason, American founding father Abd al-Hamid I, Ottoman sultan
DeathsFebruary 8 - Tsar Peter I of Russia June 29 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writer October 24 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer December 7 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (born 1661) Jose Mora, Spanish sculptor (born 1638)
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