Important Events of 1825

When studying history, I find it very helpful to see what else was happening in the world around the time that I am learning about. It was in 1825 that R. M. Ballantyne was born, and so I decided to give a list of other interesting events that happened that same year, both in American and European history.

• March 4 - John Quincy Adams succeeds James Monroe as President of the United States.

• September 27 - The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opens in England.

• October 5 - First Photograph ever taken.

• October 26 - The Erie Canal opens, providing passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.

• November 9 - A. P. Hill, future general for the Confederacy, is born.

• The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London.

• The first roller skates are invented.

• Aluminum is discovered.

• Estimation: London becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Beijing.

• The Panic of 1825 is the first modern stock market crash in London.

• Trade unions become tolerated in England.

I wonder what interesting occurrences this year will be pointed to by others in years to come.

Tutela ex Vulnero,

John