Year by year · 19th century

1825

1825 in world history: 11 events, 10 births, 18 deaths, 1 work, 2 states founded and 6 that came to an end. 1,085 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 6 August

    Bolivia declares independence

    An assembly in Chuquisaca proclaimed the independence of Upper Peru, naming the new republic after Simón Bolívar. Antonio José de Sucre became its first president.

    Bolivia

  2. 25 August

    Uruguay declares independence from Brazil

    A congress at Florida declared the Banda Oriental independent of the Empire of Brazil and united with the River Plate provinces. After a war, Uruguay became a sovereign state under the 1828 treaty.

    UruguayBrazil

  3. 27 September

    The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

    George Stephenson drove Locomotion No. 1, hauling coal wagons and hundreds of passengers, on the opening run. It was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives.

  4. 26 October

    The Erie Canal opens

    Governor DeWitt Clinton set off from Buffalo on the newly completed Erie Canal, which linked Lake Erie to the Hudson River over 363 miles. Cheap transport to the Midwest made New York City the nation's leading port.

    New York

  5. 26 December

    The Decembrist revolt fails in St Petersburg

    Army officers led troops onto Senate Square to refuse allegiance to Nicholas I and demand reform. Cannon fire dispersed them; five leaders were hanged, and the Decembrists inspired later Russian radicals.

  6. Revolt

    Decembrists

    The Decembrists were Russian army officers and nobles who staged a revolt in St Petersburg on 14 December 1825 (Old Style), refusing to swear allegiance to Nicholas I and seeking a constitution or a republic and the end of serfdom.

  7. Battle

    Battle of Danubyu

    The Battle of Danubyu was fought in March and April 1825 during the First Anglo-Burmese War, when a British force attacked the Burmese fortified position at Danubyu in the Irrawaddy delta.

  8. Battle

    Battle of Tumusla

    The Battle of Tumusla was fought on 1 April 1825 in Upper Peru, present-day Bolivia, between the last royalist forces under Pedro Antonio Olañeta and troops who had turned against him.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1825 10

Died in 1825 18

Works 1

States founded 2

States that came to an end 6

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