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1825 Historical Event(s)
January 27, 1825
– The 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”.
February 4, 1825
– The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
February 9, 1825
– After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
February 12, 1825
– The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
March 2, 1825
– Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
June 11, 1825
– The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
August 25, 1825
– Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
September 27, 1825
– The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
October 26, 1825
– The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
December 30, 1825
– The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.
Who Were Born On 1825?
January 25, 1825
– George Pickett, American Confederate General (d. 1875)
January 31, 1825
– Miska Magyarics, Slovene poet in Hungary (d. 1883)
February 22, 1825
– Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1898)
March 21, 1825
– Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1890)
April 13, 1825
– Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)
May 4, 1825
– Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
May 8, 1825
– George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
June 1, 1825
– John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
June 24, 1825
– Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
August 11, 1825
– István Türr, Hungarian soldier and engineer (d. 1908)