Editing 1725 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s later ''[[Easter Oratorio]]'' in its first version is performed at the [[St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig|Nikolaikirche]] in Leipzig on [[Easter|Easter Sunday]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000317?lang=en | title = Kommt, fliehet [gehet] und eilet, ihr flüchtigen Füße BWV 249.3; BWV 249; BC D 8a | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 | access-date = 2 April 2025 | ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital cantata|2025}}}}</ref>
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s cantata [[Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6|''Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'', BWV 6]], is first performed in Leipzig on [[Easter Monday]].<ref name="BD">{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000007?lang=en | title = Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden BWV 6; BC A 57 | work = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 }}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] and King [[Philip V of Spain]] sign the [[Treaty of Vienna (1725)|Treaty of Vienna]].
* [[May 12]] &ndash; The [[Black Watch]] is raised as a military company, as part of the pacification of the [[Scottish Highlands]] under General [[George Wade]].<ref name=NDIH>{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=[[The Scots Independent]]|access-date=2016-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|archive-date=January 26, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] &ndash; Bach leads the first performance of his cantata [[Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85|''Ich bin ein guter Hirt'', BWV 85]], about Jesus as the [[Good Shepherd]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000109?lang=en
  | title = Ich bin ein guter Hirt BWV 85; BC A 66
  | work = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2025
  | access-date = 2 May 2025}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] &ndash; On the day of the grand wedding of her daughter [[Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia|Anna]] to the [[Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp|Duke of Holstein-Gottorp]], Empress [[Catherine I]] of Russia creates the [[Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky]] 
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Wild]], fraudulent 'Thief-Taker General', is hanged at [[Tyburn]] in London, for actually aiding criminals.
* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[Malt tax riots]] begin in [[Scotland]] in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire]], after the price of beer and scotch whisky increases.  Earlier in the year, the British government extended the taxes in England on [[malt|malted grain]] to brewers and distilleries in Scotland. The rioting then spreads throughout Scottish counties.  
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[Grand Lodge of Ireland]] in [[Dublin]] holds its first recorded meeting, making it the second most senior [[Grand Lodge]] in world [[Freemasonry]], and the oldest in continuous existence.<ref>''Dublin Weekly Journal'' 26 June 1725. {{cite web|title=History of Freemasonry in Ireland|url=http://www.freemasonsnorthmunster.com/Freemasonry_History.htm|work=Freemasonry in North Munster|publisher=Provincial Grand Lodge of North Munster|access-date=2012-08-30}}</ref>