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 topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths

See also 1825 in the United States.

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 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.
• May 11 - American Tract Society, is founded.
• 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 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 - Alexander I of Russia dies and is succeeded by his younger brother Nicholas I of Russia.

• Decembrist revolt in Russia.
• The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London
• First roller skates
• Aluminium discovered
• City of Brisbane founded - see History of Brisbane

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)

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)
• 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 (b. 1777)
• December 28 - James Wilkinson, American soldier and statesman
• December 29 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b. 1748)