1825

Years: 1822 1823 1824 - 1825 - 1826 1827 1828
Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1825 in art 1825 in literature 1825 in science 1825 in music 1825 in sports List of state leaders in 1825 List of religious leaders in 1825

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

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-SÃÂ¸nderborg-Beck gains possession of GlÃÂ¼cksburg and changes his title to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlÃÂ¼cksburg. The line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlÃÂ¼cksburg later became the Royal House of Greece, Denmark and Norway.
July 30 - Malden Island discovered.
August 6 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru as a republic with the instigation of [[Simon Bolivar]
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
November 26 - At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha as the first college social fraternity (it was the first to combine aspects of secret Greek-letter societies, literary societies and formalized student social groups).
Decembrist Revolt in Russia.
Argentina assists Uruguayan revolt against Brazilian rule
The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London
Colditz Castle is turned into an insane asylum
First roller skates
Aluminium discovered

Births

January 25 - George Pickett, Confederate general (+ 1876)
March 22 - Jane Sym, future First Lady of Canada (+ 1893)
May 4 -Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist († 1895)
September 11 - Eduard Hanslick, music critic († 1904)
October 25 - Johann Strauss II, composer († 1899)
November 9 - A.P. Hill, Confederate general (+ 1865)
December 2 - Emperor Peter II of Brazil

Deaths

Henri Boulard, literary figure

January 4 - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.
May 7 - Antonio Salieri, composer
May 19 - Saint-Simon, founder of French socialism