What happened in 1825

14 events　World 1, North America 3, Europe 4, USSR / Russia 2, Asia 1, Latin America 3

Highlights of 1825

Feb 9North AmericaAfter no presidential candidate receives a majority of United States Electoral College votes following the 1824 United States presidential election, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States in a contingent election.
Mar 5WorldCapture of the sloop Anne: Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful pirates in the Caribbean, is defeated by an international naval force.
Jul 20AsiaA skirmish takes place between Dutch-Yogyakartan forces and Javanese rebels, triggering the Java War.
Aug 25Latin AmericaUruguay is declared independent of the Empire of Brazil by the Thirty-Three Orientals, a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja.
SepEuropeFirst public steam railway opensBetween Stockton and Darlington in England, steam locomotives carried coal and passengers. It was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, and its engineer George Stephenson is called the father of railways.
OctUSSR / RussiaDecember 1 (O.S.)/November 19 (N.S.) – Nicholas I of Russia succeeds his older brother Alexander I.

Mar 5Capture of the sloop Anne: Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful pirates in the Caribbean, is defeated by an international naval force.

Feb 9After no presidential candidate receives a majority of United States Electoral College votes following the 1824 United States presidential election, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States in a contingent election.
May 26Two Unitarian Christian bodies, the American Unitarian Association in the United States and the British and Foreign Unitarian Association in the United Kingdom are founded, coincidentally on the same date.
The Fort Vancouver trading post is established on the lower Columbia River by the Hudson's Bay Company.

Jan 4King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis.
Aug 18Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest, through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company, for the fictitious Central American republic of Poyais. His actions led to the Panic of 1825, the first modern stock market crash, in England.
Sep 25General Hendrik Merkus de Kock lifts the siege of Jogjakarta, the first major action of the Java War.
SepFirst public steam railway opensBetween Stockton and Darlington in England, steam locomotives carried coal and passengers. It was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, and its engineer George Stephenson is called the father of railways.

OctDecember 1 (O.S.)/November 19 (N.S.) – Nicholas I of Russia succeeds his older brother Alexander I.
OctDecember 26 (O.S.)/December 14 (N.S.) – Some Imperial Russian Army officers stage the Decembrist revolt against Nicholas's accession in Saint Petersburg, but it is thoroughly suppressed by the government.

Jul 20A skirmish takes place between Dutch-Yogyakartan forces and Javanese rebels, triggering the Java War.

Aug 6Bolivia gains its independence from Spain as a republic, at the instigation of Simón Bolívar.
Aug 25Uruguay is declared independent of the Empire of Brazil by the Thirty-Three Orientals, a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja.
OctDecember – Dispute between the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Empire of Brazil over the Banda Oriental region leads to the Cisplatine War.