1825

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1825

	Cp	18th century
	C	19th century
	Cf	20th century
	Yp1	1822
	Yp2	1823
	Yp3	1824
	Year	1825
	Ya1	1826
	Ya2	1827
	Ya3	1828
	Dp3	1790s
	Dp2	1800s
	Dp1	1810s
	D	1820s
	Dn1	1830s
	Dn2	1840s
	Dn3	1850s

1825 was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (see link for calendar).

EVENTS

January 4 - King Ferdinand I Of The Two Sicilies dies and is succeeded by his son Francis I Of The Two Sicilies .

February 9 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of Electoral Votes , the United States House Of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President Of The United States .

February 12 - The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States Government , and migrate west.

March 4 - John Quincy Adams officially succeeds James Monroe as President Of The United States .

July 6 - The Duke of Schleswig - Holstein - Sønderborg - Beck gains possession of Glücksburg and changes his title to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . The line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg later became the Royal House of Greece , Denmark and Norway .

July 30 - Malden Island (an uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean ) discovered.

August 6 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru as a Republic with the instigation of Simón Bolívar .

August 25 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (See Uruguay's Independence ).

September 27 - The world's first modern railway, the Stockton And Darlington Railway opens in England .

October 26 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie .

December 1 - Nicholas I Of Russia succeeds his older brother Alexander I .

Decembrist Revolt in Russia.

The first horse-drawn Omnibus es established in London .

First Roller Skate s.

Aluminium discovered.

City Of Brisbane founded - see History Of Brisbane .

Estimation: London becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Beijing . {Link without Title}

BIRTHS

January 25 - George Pickett , American Confederate general (d. 1876 )

March 22 - Jane Sym , First Lady of Canada (d. 1893 )

May 4 - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley , English biologist (d. 1895 )

May 8 - George Bruce Malleson , English officer and author (d. 1898 )

September 11 - Eduard Hanslick , Austrian music critic (d. 1904 )

September 25 - Joachim Heer , Swiss politician (d. 1879 )

October 10 - Paul Kruger , Boer resistance leader (d. July 14 1904 )

October 25 - Johann Strauss, Junior , Austrian composer (d. 1899 )

November 9 - A.P. Hill , American Confederate general (d. 1865 )

December 2 - Emperor Peter II Of Brazil (d. 1891 )

Month/day unknown

Carolyn Merrick , American Temperance Movement leader (d. 1908 )

DEATHS

January 4 - Ferdinand I Of The Two Sicilies (b. 1751 )

May 7 - Antonio Salieri , Italian composer (b. 1750 )

May 19 - Claude Henri De Rouvroy, Comte De Saint-Simon , French politician (b. 1760 )

May 22 - Laskarina Bouboulina , Greek independence fighter (shot)

May 23 - Ras Gugsa Of Yejju , Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia

August 20 - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock , Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753 )

November 14 - Jean Paul , German writer (b. 1763 )

December 1 - Alexander I Of Russia (disputed; b. 1777 )

December 28 - James Wilkinson , American soldier and statesman

December 29 - Jacques-Louis David , French painter (b. 1748 )