1825 Events

1825 Lee Enters the United States Military Academy
He entered the United States Military Academy in 1825 and became the first cadet to achieve the rank of sergeant at the end of his first year. When he graduated in 1829 he was at the head...
1825 Jan 20 The Treaty Of Washington City Is Signed
Pushmataha met with President James Monroe and gave a speech to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, reminding him of the longstanding alliances between the United States and the Choctaws. H...
1825 Feb 12 McIntosh And Other Chiefs Sign The Treaty Of Indian Springs
Eventually, the Creek Confederacy enacted a law that made further land cessions a capital offense. Nevertheless, on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of India...
1825 Mar 4 Inauguration of John Quincy Adams as President of the United States
1825 Mar 4 John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president of the United States
The only son of a former President to be elected to the Nation's highest office, John Quincy Adams was chosen by the House of Representatives when the electoral college could not determi...
1825 Jul 11 Jean-Pierre Boyer Agrees to Payment of Crippling Financial Indemnities to France in Exchange for Haiti's Recognition as an Independent Country
Boyer was anxious to remove the threat of France and opened negotiations. An agreement was reached on July 11, 1825, when (with fourteen French warships off Port-au-Prince) Boyer signed a...
1825 Oct Charles Darwin Attends University of Edinburgh
Darwin went to Edinburgh University in October 1825 to study medicine, accompanied by Eras doing his external hospital study. The city was in an uproar over political and religious contro...
1825 Oct 26 The Erie Canal Opens
The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825, providing overland water transportation between the East Coast and the Great Lakes region. Under construction for eight years, the project was t...