1825 - What happened in 1825 ?

January 1825

Thursday 27:

US 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 1825

Wednesday 09:

After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.

Saturday 12:

The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west.

June 1825

Saturday 11:

The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.

Wednesday 22:

British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.

July 1825

Saturday 30:

Malden Island discovered.

August 1825

Saturday 06:

Bolivia gains independence from Spain.

Thursday 25:

Uruguay declares its independence from Spain.

September 1825

Tuesday 27:

The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.

November 1825

Saturday 26:

At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society as the first college social fraternity.

December 1825

Monday 26:

The Erie Canal opens