Editing 1825 (section)

=== January–March ===
[[File:Capture of the El Mosquito.jpg|thumb|250px|[[March 5]]: The [[Capture of the sloop Anne|capture of the pirate ship ''Anne'']] takes place in the Caribbean Sea, effectively ending piracy there.]]
* [[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]].
* [[February 3]] – [[Vendsyssel-Thy]], once part of the [[Jutland]] peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its {{convert|1|km|mi}} wide [[isthmus]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aggerkanal|encyclopedia=[[Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon]]|editor=Blangstrup, Chr.|publisher=J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel|location=Copenhagen|edition=2nd |volume=1|year=1915|page=310|language=da|url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/1/0336.html|access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref>
* [[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]].
* [[February 10]] – [[Gideon Mantell]] names and describes the second known dinosaur ''[[Iguanodon]]''.
* [[February 10]] – [[Simón Bolívar]] gives up his title of dictator of Peru and takes the alternative title of ''El Libertador''.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[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.<ref name="OKState-Kapplers">[https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29471/rec/1,"Treaty With The Creeks, 1825"], Oklahoma State University Digital Collections, Kapplers: Indian affairs: laws and treaties Vol. 2 (Treaties), pp. 214-217. Retrieved May 16, 2024. </ref>
* [[March 1]] – The outbound British [[East Indiaman]] {{ship||Kent|1820 EIC ship|2}} 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 5]] – [[Capture of the sloop Anne|Capture of the sloop ''Anne'']]: [[Roberto Cofresí]], one of the last successful [[Piracy in the Caribbean|pirates in the Caribbean]], is defeated by an international naval force.
* [[March 17]] – [[The Norfolk & Dedham Group]] is founded as The Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company in the United States.