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| 1825 |
| | | Italian author Alessandro Manzoni begins publication (completed 1827) of his novel I Promessi Sposi ('The Betrothed') | |
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| 1825 |
| | | The elderly Francisco de Goya becomes the first great artist to attempt lithography | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Upper Peru declares independence as the republic of Bolivia, in honour of Simón Bolívar | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Franz Schubert composes his 'Great' C major symphony (previously often attributed to 1828) | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Active (later called Locomotion) is the engine on the first passenger railway, between Stockton and Darlington | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Work begins on the 363-mile Erie Canal that will link the Hudson River to Lake Erie | |
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| 1825 |
| | | The English socialist Robert Owen purchases New Harmony from the Rappists, to test his utopian theories in a new context | |
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| 1825 |
| | | A December uprising in St Petersburg ends when troops fire on the crowd, but the 'Decembrists' become revolutionary martyrs | |
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| 1826 |
| | | Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, inherits the throne of Portugal (as Pedro IV) but continues to rule from Brazil | |
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| 1826 June 19 |
| | | Turner sells Sandycombe Lodge after his father moves to Turner's central London house in Queen Anne Street. The buyer is Joseph Todd, a retired haberdasher of Clapham, who pays £500. | |
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