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| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01-05-1925 | All-China Federation of Trade Unions | The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. |
| 02-02-1925 | 1925 serum run to Nome | Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. |
| 03-09-1925 | USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) | USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. |
| 03-12-1925 | Irish Free State | Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland. |
| 04-04-1925 | Schutzstaffel | The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany. |
| 04-10-1925 | Great Syrian Revolt | Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured Hama from the French Mandate of Syria. |
| 04-10-1925 | Finnish torpedo boat S2 | S2, a Finnish Sokol class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53. |
| 05-01-1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. |
| 05-08-1925 | Plaid Cymru | Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out. |
| 05-11-1925 | Espionage | Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union. |
| 06-06-1925 | Chrysler | The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company. |
| 08-09-1925 | Rif War | Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco. |
| 09-08-1925 | Kakori conspiracy | A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against the British government. |
| 10-04-1925 | The Great Gatsby | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons. |
| 10-04-1925 | Volgograd | The Russian city of Tsaritsyn was renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920. |
| 10-07-1925 | Scopes trial | Scopes trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. |
| 11-12-1925 | Catholic Church | Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King. |
| 14-05-1925 | Mrs Dalloway | Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, was published. |
| 15-02-1925 | 1925 serum run to Nome | The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska. |
| 16-03-1925 | 1925 Dali earthquake | An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people. |
| 16-04-1925 | Communism | During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. |
| 16-05-1925 | Claudio Monteverdi | The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris. |
| 16-06-1925 | Artek (camp) | Artek, the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established. |
| 17-04-1925 | Communist Party of Korea | The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong. |
| 18-03-1925 | 1925 tri-state tornado | The 1925 Tri-State tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. |
| 18-07-1925 | Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf. |
| 19-04-1925 | Colo-Colo | Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club. |
| 21-01-1925 | Albania | Albania declares itself a republic. |
| 21-02-1925 | The New Yorker | The New Yorker publishes its first issue. |
| 21-03-1925 | Butler Act | The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee. |
| 21-03-1925 | Syngman Rhee | Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. |
| 21-03-1925 | L'enfant et les sortilèges | Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges, to a libretto by Colette, is premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. |
| 21-05-1925 | Doktor Faust | The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden. |
| 21-07-1925 | Scopes trial | Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100. |
| 21-07-1925 | Malcolm Campbell | Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h). |
| 23-06-1925 | Shameen Incident | Shameen Incident: British Army and French Army soldiers stationed in the concession of Shameen open fire on Chinese protesters, resulting in at least 52 deaths. |
| 25-05-1925 | Scopes trial | Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee. |
| 25-07-1925 | TASS | Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. |
| 26-04-1925 | Paul von Hindenburg | Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic. |
| 28-02-1925 | 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake | The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. |
| 28-11-1925 | Grand Ole Opry | The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. |
| 30-01-1925 | Turkey | The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul. |
| 30-04-1925 | Dodge | Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity. |
| 30-05-1925 | May Thirtieth Movement | May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. |
