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| c. 1625 |
| | | Gustavus II, king of Sweden, conscripts and trains an army far more mobile than those of his rivals | |
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| c. 1625 |
| | | Ordnance factories in Sweden begin producing light but powerful field artillery, easy to move on the battlefield | |
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| 1625 |
| | | Rubens completes a great narrative sequence of twenty-one paintings to celebrate the achievements of Marie de Médicis | |
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| c. 1625 |
| | | Three brothers among the Dahomey people establish a long-lasting kingdom in the Bight of Benin | |
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| c. 1625 |
| | | The Dutch gradually exclude the Portuguese from the immensely lucrative trade in cloves from the Spice Islands (or Moluccas) | |
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| 1625 |
| | | On the death of his father, James VI and I, Charles I becomes king of England and Scotland | |
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| 1625 |
| | | The English parliament attempts to clip the wings of the new king, Charles I, by placing an annual limit on his power to raise taxes | |
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| 1626 |
| | | Peter Minuit purchases the island of Manhattan from local Indians and calls the place New Amsterdam | |
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| 1626 |
| | | Charles I frustrates the English parliament's restrictions by raising taxes without summoning parliament for renewed approval | |
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| 1626 |
| | | Ham House is expanded by William Murray, former ‘whipping boy’ to Charles I, and later created Earl of Dysart | |
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