1825

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 - 1825 - 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830

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Events

• 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 - Creek Indians 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.
• Railroad transportation begins with first track in England
• October 26 - the Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1825 in literature:

Births

• January 25 - George Pickett, Confederate general (+ 1876)
• May 4 -Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist
• October 25 - Johann Strauss II, composer
• November 9 - A.P. Hill, Confederate general (+ 1865)

Deaths

• Henri Boulard[?], literary figure
• May 7 - Antonio Salieri, composer
• May 19 - Comte, founder of French socialism