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* January 4 – King [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, [[Francis I of the Two Sicilies|Francis]].
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* February 9 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of [[United States Electoral College]] votes following the [[1824 United States presidential election]], the [[United States House of Representatives]] elects [[John Quincy Adams]] President of the United States in a [[contingent election]].
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* February 10 – [[Simón Bolívar]] gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of ''El Libertador''.
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* February 12 – [[Second Treaty of Indian Springs]]: The [[Creek (people)|Creek]] cede the last of their lands in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] to the United States government and migrate west.
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* March 5 – [[Capture of the Anne|Capture of the ''Anne'']]: [[Roberto Cofresí]], one of the last successful [[Piracy in the Caribbean|pirates in the Caribbean]], is defeated by an international naval force.
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* March 17 – [[The Norfolk & Dedham Group]] is founded as The Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company in the United States.
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* April 17 – [[Charles X of France]] recognizes [[Haiti]], 21 years after it expelled the French following the successful [[Haitian Revolution]], and demands the payment of 150 million gold francs, 30 million of which Haiti must finance through France itself, as down payment.
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* July 6 – The Duke of [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]] gains possession of [[Glücksburg]] and changes his title to [[Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]. The line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg later becomes the [[dynasty|royal house]] of Greece, Denmark and Norway.
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* August 6 – [[Bolivia]] [[Bolivian War of Independence|gains its independence]] from Spain as a republic, with the instigation of [[Simón Bolívar]].
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* August 18 – Scottish adventurer [[Gregor MacGregor]] issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest, through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company, for the fictitious Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the [[Panic of 1825]], the first modern [[stock market crash]], in England.
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* September 27 – The world's first modern railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], opens in England.
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* November 15 – King [[Joao VI of Portugal]] promulgates a law recognizing his eldest son, [[Pedro I of Brazil|Dom Pedro]], as the Emperor of Brazil.
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* December 1 (November 19 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) – [[Nicholas I of Russia]] succeeds his older brother [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]].
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* December 26 (December 14 O.S.) – Some [[Imperial Russian Army]] officers stage the [[Decembrist revolt]] against Nicholas's accession in [[Saint Petersburg]], but it is thoroughly suppressed by the government.
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* [[Bishkek]], Kyrgyzstan is founded as a mudfort on the Silk Road
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* The first horse-drawn [[bus|omnibus]]es established in London.
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* [[Hans Christian Ørsted]] reduces [[aluminium chloride]] to produce metallic [[aluminium]].
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* [[History of Brisbane]]: The Australian city of [[Brisbane]] is founded.
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* A new [[Combination Act 1799|Combination Act]] in the United Kingdom makes [[trade union]]s legal according to narrowly defined principles.
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* [[Minh Mạng]] outlaws the teaching of Christianity in [[Vietnam]].
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* The [[United States Postal Service]] starts a [[dead letter office]].
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* London becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Beijing.
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