Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1825. This year saw 29 significant events. 1 notable figure was born. 5 notable figures passed away.
US President James Monroe urges Congress to approve creation of Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River, for the relocation of Eastern Indian tribes to 'promote their welfare and happiness" [1]
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the British Empire over the Canada–United States border regarding Alaska between the 1890s and 1900s.
Author and scholar Wilhelm Grimm (39) weds Henriette Dorothea
Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
Portugal recognizes the independence of its former colony Brazil
Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December]
Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community
Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY
Dutch North Sea coast floods
Hannah Lord Montague of NY creates the first detachable shirt collar
Creek Indian treaty is signed as tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by September 1, 1826
Franz Grillparzer's stage drama "Konig Ottokars Gluck" premieres in Vienna at the Burgtheater
First grand opera in the US sung in English, NYC
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825.
Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette), the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War,...
British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America
Java War begins in the Dutch East Indies, a rebellion against Dutch rule led by Javanese Prince Diponegoro - lasts till 1830 and kills over 200,000 Javanese
Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km2 (15 sq mi) in area.
The Bolivian War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de Bolivia, 1809–1825) began with the establishment of government juntas in Sucre and La Paz, after the Chuquisaca Revolution and La...
Dutch King William I expels foreign students
Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
Miramichi Fire: A forest fire disaster in New Brunswick destroys Douglastown and Newcastle, killing 200 to 500 people
The Miami and Erie Canal was a 274-mile (441 km) canal that ran from Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.
Kappa Alpha fraternity is established at Union College in Schenectady, New York; thought to be the oldest continuously maintained collegiate society in US
John Hunt Morgan, American confederate army general of the american civil war, known for confederate army general of the american civil war, was born on 1825-06-01.
Eli Whitney inventor, known for american inventor, died on 1825-01-08. Eli Whitney Jr.
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor, known for english physician and editor, died on 1825-02-24.
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and teacher, known for italian composer and teacher, died on 1825-05-07.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, American french-american architect, known for french-american architect, died on 1825-06-14.
Alexander I dies
US President James Monroe urges Congress to approve creation of Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River, for the relocation of Eastern Indian tribes to 'promote their welfare and happiness" [1]
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the British Empire over the Canada–United States border regarding Alaska between the 1890s and 1900s.
Author and scholar Wilhelm Grimm (39) weds Henriette Dorothea
Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
Portugal recognizes the independence of its former colony Brazil
Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December]
Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community
Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY
Dutch North Sea coast floods
Hannah Lord Montague of NY creates the first detachable shirt collar
Creek Indian treaty is signed as tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by September 1, 1826
Franz Grillparzer's stage drama "Konig Ottokars Gluck" premieres in Vienna at the Burgtheater
First grand opera in the US sung in English, NYC
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
The American Unitarian Association (AUA) was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825.
Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette), the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War,...
British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America
Java War begins in the Dutch East Indies, a rebellion against Dutch rule led by Javanese Prince Diponegoro - lasts till 1830 and kills over 200,000 Javanese
Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km2 (15 sq mi) in area.
The Bolivian War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de Bolivia, 1809–1825) began with the establishment of government juntas in Sucre and La Paz, after the Chuquisaca Revolution and La...
Dutch King William I expels foreign students
Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
Miramichi Fire: A forest fire disaster in New Brunswick destroys Douglastown and Newcastle, killing 200 to 500 people
The Miami and Erie Canal was a 274-mile (441 km) canal that ran from Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.
Kappa Alpha fraternity is established at Union College in Schenectady, New York; thought to be the oldest continuously maintained collegiate society in US
Eli Whitney inventor, known for american inventor, died on 1825-01-08. Eli Whitney Jr.
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor, known for english physician and editor, died on 1825-02-24.
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and teacher, known for italian composer and teacher, died on 1825-05-07.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, American french-american architect, known for french-american architect, died on 1825-06-14.
Alexander I dies