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1825
Events
January–March
January 4
– King
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
is succeeded by his son
Francis I of the Two Sicilies
.
February 3
–
Vendsyssel-Thy
, once part of the
Jutland
peninsula that formed westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its 1 km wide
isthmus
.
February 9
– After no presidential candidate receives a majority of
electoral votes
, the
United States House of Representatives
elects
John Quincy Adams
President of the United States.
February 10
–
Simón Bolívar
gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of
El Libertador
.
February 12
– Second
Treaty of Indian Springs
: The
Creek
cede the last of their lands in
Georgia
to the United States government, and migrate west.
March 1
– The outbound British
East Indiaman
Kent (1820)
is destroyed by fire in the
Bay of Biscay
with the loss of more than 80 lives, but over 550 are saved by passing ships.
March 4
–
John Quincy Adams
succeeds
James Monroe
as
President of the United States
.
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