1525 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1525?
- January 21, 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz’s mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- May 15, 1525 – The battle of Frankenhausen ends the German Peasants’ War.
- June 13, 1525 – Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
Who Were Born In The Year 1525?
- January 6, 1525 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)
- March 4, 1525 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (d. 1594)
- September 11, 1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598)
- September 25, 1525 – Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584)
- December 1, 1525 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
Who Died In The Year 1525?
- February 24, 1525 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
- February 28, 1525 – Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler
- May 5, 1525 – Frederick III of Saxony (b. 1463)
- May 27, 1525 – Thomas Müntzer, German rebel leader (b. c. 1488)
- July 22, 1525 – Richard Wingfield, English diplomat (b. c. 1426)
- December 30, 1525 – Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. 1459)
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