1525
year
1525 (MDXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1525th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 525th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1525, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1490s 1500s 1510s – 1520s – 1530s 1540s 1550s |
| Years: | 1522 1523 1524 – 1525 – 1526 1527 1528 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1525 MDXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2278 |
| Armenian calendar | 974 ԹՎ ՋՀԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6275 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1446–1447 |
| Bengali calendar | 932 |
| Berber calendar | 2475 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 8 – 17 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2069 |
| Burmese calendar | 887 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7033–7034 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4221 or 4161 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4222 or 4162 |
| Coptic calendar | 1241–1242 |
| Discordian calendar | 2691 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1517–1518 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5285–5286 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1581–1582 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1446–1447 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4625–4626 |
| Holocene calendar | 11525 |
| Igbo calendar | 525–526 |
| Iranian calendar | 903–904 |
| Islamic calendar | 931–932 |
| Japanese calendar | Daiei 5 (大永５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1443–1444 |
| Julian calendar | 1525 MDXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3858 |
| Minguo calendar | 387 before ROC 民前387年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 57 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2067–2068 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1651 or 1270 or 498 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1652 or 1271 or 499 |
Events
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change- February 24 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
- February 26 – Cuauhtémoc, last Aztec ruler (tortured to death)
- May 5 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (born 1463)
- May 27 – Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (born 1489)
- July 22 – Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
- December 30 – Jakob Fugger, German banker (born 1459)
- Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (born 1473)
- Huayna Capac, emperor of the Inca (born 1493)
- Franciabigio, Florentine painter (born 1482)
- Jacques de la Palice, French nobleman and military officer
- Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (killed in battle)
- Nicholas Storch, weaver and reformer
- Leonor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal