1825

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1822 1823 1824 - 1825 - 1826 1827 1828\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s\n|- \n| align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

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\n1825 in art
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\n1825 in science
\n1825 in music
\n1825 in sports\n----\nList of state leaders in 1825
\nList of religious leaders in 1825\n|}

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

\n*January 4 - King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies and is succeeded by his son Francis I of the Two Sicilies.\n*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.\n* February 12 - The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west\n*March 4 - John Quincy Adams officially succeeds James Monroe as President of the United States.\n* 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.\n* July 30 - Malden Island discovered.\n* August 6 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru as a republic with the instigation of [[Simon Bolivar]\n* September 27 - The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opens in England. \n* October 26 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie\n* 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). \n* Decembrist Revolt in Russia.\n* Argentina assists Uruguayan revolt against Brazilian rule\n* The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London\n* Colditz Castle is turned into an insane asylum\n* First roller skates\n* Aluminium discovered

Births

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

Deaths

\n*Henri Boulard, literary figure\n*January 4 - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.\n* May 7 - Antonio Salieri, composer\n* May 19 - Saint-Simon, founder of French socialism \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n