WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1825
Find out what all happened February to December 1825

The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City. (11. June 1825)

Kingdom of Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil. (29. August 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. (12. February 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. (9. February 1825)

Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities. (2. March 1825)

The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. (4. February 1825)

The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie. (26. October 1825)

Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. (25. August 1825)

Malden Island is discovered by captain George Byron, 7th Baron Byron. (30. July 1825)

General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States. (4. June 1825)

Bolivia gains independence from Spain. (6. August 1825)

The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened. (27. September 1825)

At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity. (26. November 1825)

Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg. (26. December 1825)

The Treaty of St. Louis (1825) between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. (30. December 1825)

The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America. (22. June 1825)