Curated playlist
1825 deaths
- Barbara KrafftBarbara Krafft painted a famous portrait of Mozart without ever meeting him. She made it after his death in 1791.
- Ferdinand I of the Two SiciliesFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies was raised on purpose to be an unfit king. His regent kept power that way.
- Abraham ReesAbraham Rees finished a 45-volume cyclopaedia, then said he was more grateful to have published his sermons.
- Alexander I of RussiaAlexander I of Russia died in 1825, but a legend says he faked it. The story claims he became a Siberian hermit.
- Jacques-Louis DavidNapoleon never sat for David's painting of his own coronation. Pope Pius VII did, and blessed the painter.
- Pauline BonapartePauline Bonaparte sold everything she owned to help Napoleon in exile on Elba. Reportedly, no other sibling went.
- Eli WhitneyEli Whitney's cotton gin made him famous but left him near bankruptcy. Lawsuits over the 1793 patent drained him.
- Henry FuseliHenry Fuseli was forced to flee Switzerland after helping expose an unjust magistrate.
- Antonio SalieriAntonio Salieri's own Requiem was first played at his memorial service.
- Vladimir BorovikovskyVladimir Borovikovsky changed his Cossack surname to sound more aristocratic.