Major Events
- Jan 27 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]
- Feb 22 Russia and Britain establish the 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]
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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
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Articles About 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
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
Famous Weddings in 1825
- May 15 Author and scholar Wilhelm Grimm (39) weds Henriette Dorothea
- May 21 Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
John Quincy Adams
Robert Jenkinson