Significant Events
- Jan 27 U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears"
- Feb 22 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
- Aug 29 Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil
- Dec 26 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December]
Did You Know?
George Stephenson's "Locomotion No. 1" becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England
On September 27, 1825
Famous People Born in 1825
- Jan 10 Alexander Travis Hawthorn, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Conecuh County, Alabama (d. 1899)
- Jan 11 Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878
- Jan 12 Joseph Robert Davis, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
- Jan 18 Edward Frankland, Lancaster, U.K, British structural chemist who co-discovered helium and developed the theory of valence
- Jan 21 Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
World Leaders in 1825
John Quincy Adams
6th US President
Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1825
Franz Schubert
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Famous Weddings
- May 15 Author and scholar Wilhelm Grimm (39) weds Henriette Dorothea
- May 21 Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
Antonio Salieri
Eli Whitney
Pierre Charles L'EnfantArticles on Events in 1825
The Man Who Re-wrote 'Offensive' Shakespeare
Thomas Bowdler, the man who re-wrote Shakespeare to remove the "offensive" bits, died on this day and added a new word – bowdlerise – to the language.
February 24, 1825
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825