Editing 1725 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of his [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] [[Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41|''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41]], which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000056?lang=en
  | title = ''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41; BC A 22
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2024
  | access-date = 15 December 2024
  | ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital|2024}}
  }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
  | last1 = Dürr
  | first1 = Alfred
  | author1-link = Alfred Dürr
  | last2 = Jones
  | first2 = Richard D. P.
  | author2-link = Richard D. P. Jones
  | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m9JuwslMcq4C&pg=PA148
  | chapter = ''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41
  | title = The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text
  | location = Oxford
  | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
  | date = 2006
  | pages = 148–151
  | isbn = 978-0-19-969628-4
  }}</ref>
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of [[Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123|''Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen'', BWV 123]], a [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] for [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000150?lang=en
  | title = Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen BWV 123; BC A 28
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2025
  }}</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[James Macrae]], a former captain of a freighter for the [[British East India Company]], is hired by the Company to administer the [[Madras Presidency]] (at this time, the "Presidency of Fort St. George"), and begins major reforms. The area administered is most of [[Southern India]], including what is now the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], parts the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]], [[Karnataka]], [[Telangana]], [[Odisha]] and the union territory of [[Lakshadweep]]. 
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[James Figg]] hosts the first recorded international boxing match, fought between English livestock [[Droving|drover]] Bob Whitaker and Venetian [[Gondola|gondolier]] Alberto di Carni in London.<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Gee | first=Tony | title=Figg, James (b. before 1700, d. 1734), prize-fighter | year=2004 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9417 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9417 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Randy |date=1977 |title=Eighteenth Century Boxing |journal=Journal of Sport History |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=249 |jstor=43610520}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; The Spanish corsair [[Amaro Pargo]] receives the title of [[Hidalgo (nobility)|Hidalgo]] (nobleman).
* January &ndash; In Japan, the policy of the [[Gonin Gumi]] organizing groups of every five households in a town into units collectively responsible for the good behavior of everyone in the unit, goes into effect as the register of units is completed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. <ref>Yosaburō Takekoshi, ''The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan'', Volume 3 (Taylor & Francis, 2004) p395</ref>
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of his [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] [[Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125|''Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin'', BWV 125]], based on [[Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin|Luther's paraphrase]] of the [[Nunc dimittis]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000152?lang=en
  | title = Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BWV 125; BC A 168
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2025
  | access-date = 26 January 2025
  }}</ref>
* [[February 8]] &ndash; (January 28 [[Old Style]]) [[Catherine I of Russia|Catherine I]] becomes Empress of Russia on the death of her husband, [[Peter the Great]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1725 |title=Historical Events for Year 1725 &#124; OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> 
* [[February 20]] &ndash; The first reported case of white men [[scalping]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] takes place in [[New Hampshire]] [[colony]].
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads his ''[[Tafelmusik|Tafel-Music]]'' ''[[Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a|Shepherd Cantata]]'' for the birthday of [[Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000318?lang=en
  | title = Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet ihr Sorgen BWV 249.1; BWV 249a; BC [G 2]
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2025
  | access-date = 19 February 2025
  }}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; Bach's [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|chorale cantata]] [[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1|''Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'', BWV 1]], is first performed on the [[Feast of the Annunciation]], coinciding with [[Palm Sunday]].<ref> {{cite book | last = Leisinger | first = Ulrich | author-link = Ulrich Leisinger | translator-last = Kosviner | translator-first = David | url = https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien//30/3100100/3100100x.pdf | title = Johann Sebastian Bach / Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern / How beauteous is the morning star / BWV 1 | publisher = [[Carus-Verlag]] | location = Stuttgart | date = 1998 | page = 4 }}</ref>
* [[March 30]] &ndash; The second performance of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s ''[[St John Passion]]'', [[BWV]] 245 (including 5 movements from his ''[[Weimarer Passion]]''), takes place at [[St. Thomas Church, Leipzig]].