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Jean-Baptiste Salpointe
1825Feb, 22

Jean-Baptiste Salpointe

Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (d. 1898)
Jean-Baptiste Salpointe (February 22, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was the first Bishop of Arizona and the second Archbishop of Santa Fe.

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Events on 1825

  • 27Jan

    Indian Territory

    The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
  • 9Feb

    United States presidential election, 1824

    After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
  • 2Mar

    Capture of the El Mosquito

    Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
  • 4Jun

    Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States

    General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
  • 22Jun

    Seigneurial system of New France

    The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.