July – England and Wales' dryest July on record, with a rainfall average of 8.2mm; from 14–19 July consecutively, the daytime maxima in London exceed 90 °F (32 °C).
18 August – Scottish adventurer
Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company for the fictitious
Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the
Panic of 1825, the first modern
stock market crash, starting in the
Bank of England and precipitating the closure of six
London banks and sixty country ones in England.
July – England and Wales' dryest July on record, with a rainfall average of 8.2mm; from 14–19 July consecutively, the daytime maxima in London exceed 90 °F (32 °C).
18 August – Scottish adventurer
Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company for the fictitious
Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the
Panic of 1825, the first modern
stock market crash, starting in the
Bank of England and precipitating the closure of six
London banks and sixty country ones in England.