Historical Events In 1825

Jan 03   Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community   

Jan 04   Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73.   

Jan 05   Alexandre Dumas pare fights his inaugural duel; his pants fall down   

Jan 10   Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1899.   

Jan 11   Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878   

Jan 12   Joseph Robert Davis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896.   

Jan 19   Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans.   

Jan 25   1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY.   

Jan 25   The inaugural US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy NY   

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.".   

Jan 28   George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

Feb 03   Dutch North Sea coast floods   

Feb 05   Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates inaugural detachable shirt collar.   

Feb 05   Hannah Lord Montague of NY creates 1st detachable shirt collar   

Feb 05   Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64   

Feb 07   Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer   

Feb 09   House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president.   

Feb 09   John Quincy Adams is elected U.S. president by the House of Representatives when no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.   

Feb 10   Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68   

Feb 12   Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826.   

Feb 12   Creek Indian treaty signed; Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826   

Feb 16   Explorer John Franklin 1786-1847 leaves England on second expedition, with George Back, John Richardson, and surveyor Edward Kendall, to explore from the Mackenzie Delta   

Feb 16   George Gerson, composer, dies at 34.   

Feb 19   Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna   

Feb 22   Britain and Russia set inland boundaries of Alaska/BC at inaugural mountain range and 141st meridian   

Feb 22   Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary   

Feb 24   Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies.   

Feb 26   Hans Balatka, composer   

Feb 28   Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888.   

Mar 02   1st grand opera in US sung in English, NYC   

Mar 04   John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th President   

Mar 05   John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864.   

Mar 08   George William Martin, composer.   

Mar 17   Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)   

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Jan 10   Alexander travis hawthorn: Brig gen (confederate army), died in 1899   

Jan 11   Bayard taylor: U.s. poet and writer (d. 1878   

Jan 12   Joseph robert davis: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1896   

Jan 21   Imre madách: Hungarian writer    

Jan 28   George edward pickett: Major general (confederate army), died in 1875   

Feb 07   Crystobal oudrid y segura: Composer   

Feb 15   Carter harrison: Sr., american politician    

Feb 22   Jean baptiste salpointe: Second archbishop of santa fe    

Jan 04   Ferdinand i: King of sicily/naples (ferdinand iv),    

Jan 08   Eli whitney: American inventor (b. 1765)   

Jan 14   George dance the younger: English architect (b. 1741)   

Feb 05   Pierre gaveaux: Composer,    

Feb 10   Paul van hemert: Dutch theologist/philosopher (kant),   

Feb 16   George gerson: Composer,   

Feb 24   Thomas bowdler: Self-appointed shakespearean censor,   

Mar 24   Giovanni domenico perotti: Composer,