Timeline February 1825

Events in February 1825 2

• 1825 Iguanodon Named by Gideon Mantell A second dinosaur genus is identified from fossil teeth found in Sussex English geologist Gideon Mantell presented giant fossil teeth found in Tilgate Forest, Sussex, to the Royal Society on 10 February 1825 and named the extinct herbivore Iguanodon. It was only the second dinosaur genus ever recognized, following William Buckland's Megalosaurus the year before.
• 1825 Egyptian Forces Land in the Peloponnese Ibrahim Pasha's intervention turns the tide against the Greek revolt In February 1825, an Egyptian expeditionary force under Ibrahim Pasha, sent by Muhammad Ali at the Ottoman sultan's request, landed in the Peloponnese to suppress the Greek War of Independence. The disciplined Egyptian troops reversed years of Greek gains and besieged rebel strongholds including Missolonghi.