What happended in 1825?
The Monarch is George IV. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). USA President is John Quincy Adams, replacing James Monroe. Work on the new London Bridge, designed by John Rennie, begins. Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor's scam causes the first modern stock market crash. The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opens and George Stephenson drives the first train. The first horse-drawn omnibuses appear in London. Reconstruction of Buckingham Palace by architect John Nash. Michael Faraday isolates benzene. Retired brewer Richard Cox cultivates the first Cox's Orange Pippin apple. London is estimated to overtake Peking as the world's largest city. British première of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
| Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Sovereigns | 1825 Gold Sovereign |
 |  | Shillings | 1825 Shilling - George IV |