1837 - Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne on June 20.
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1837 - Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne on June 20.
1836
John Wesley wrote that "the time, times and half a time" of Revelation 12:14 were 1058*1836, "when Christ should come" (apud A. M. Morris, The Prophecies Unveiled, p. 361)
1835
January 1 – Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dollars
January 7 - HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago.
January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol - first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
March 2 - Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria.
September 7 – Charles Darwin arrives at Galapagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle
November 16 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun.
November 19 - A force of 500 Māori invade and enslave the peoples of the Chatham Islands.
December 1 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales.
1834
January 1 - Abolition of customs charges at borders within Germany.
January 3 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
February 8 - Birth of Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist
February 9 - Birth of Felix Dahn, German author
March 6 - York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
June 7 - Greek independence general Theodoros Kolokotronis is sentenced to death for treason for resisting the rule of Otto of Greece (he is released next year).
July 16 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne succeeds Earl Grey as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
July 24 - End of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
August 1 - Slavery abolished in the British Empire (see Slavery Abolition Act).
August 15 - South Australia Act allows for the creation of a colony there.
December 10 - Sir Robert Peel succeeds Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister of the UK
1833: Oberlin College Ohio is opened - the first college to admit women and black students.
1832
January 6 -Birth of Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (died 1883)
January 27 - Birth of Lewis Carroll, English author (died 1898)
February 12 - Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands.
February 12 – Cholera breaks out in London, claiming at least 3000 victims. It spreads to France and North America later this year.
April 6 - USA: The Black Hawk War begins.
May 7 - The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King. Thus begins the History of modern Greece.
September 21 - Death of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (born 1771)
November 29 - Birth of Louisa May Alcott, American author (died 1888)
December 4 - Battle of Antwerp: The last remaining Dutch enforcement, the citadel, is under French attack.
December 15 - Birth of Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (died 1923)
1831
February-March - Revolts in Modena, Parma and the Papal States are put down by Austrian troops.
February 2 - Pope Gregory XVI succeeds Pope Pius VIII as the 252nd pope.
February 14 - Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills the warlord Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
February 20 - Battle of Grochow. Polish rebel forces divide a Russian army.
March 10 - French Foreign Legion founded.
March 29 - The Great Bosnian uprising
April 7 - Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as emperor of Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II of Brazil.
May 26 - Battle of Ostroleka. The Poles fight another indecisive battle.
July 21 - Inauguration of Léopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
August 2 - Dutch invasion of Belgium. It is repelled by a French army (ten-day campaign).
August 21 - USA: Outbreak of Nat Turner's slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. (Death November 11 - Nat Turner, American slave rebel (b. 1800)
September 6-8 - Battle of Warsaw - The Russians take the Polish capital and crush resistance.
December 27 - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.
December 31 - Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
1830
February 3 - Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervision of Russia, France and Britain.
May 13 - Ecuador separates from Gran Colombia.
June 26 - William IV succeeds George IV as King of the United Kingdom.
July 18 - Uruguay adopts its first constitution.
July 20 - Greece grants citizenship to Jews.
July 27 - France: Beginning of the July Revolution
August 9 - France: Louis Philippe becomes King of the French
November 22 - The Whig Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey succeeds Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
November 29 - Beginning of a major Polish insurrection in Warsaw against Russian rule
December 10 - Birth of Emily Dickinson, American poet
1829
January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
March 4 - USA: Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America.
March 12 - First Oxford and Cambridge boat race held on the River Thames in London.
March 22 - Greece receives autonomy from the Ottoman Empire. This effectively ends the Greek War of Independence. Greece continues to seek full independence through diplomatic negotiations with the Empire as well as with Russia, France and Britain.
March 31 - Pope Pius VIII succeeds Pope Leo XII as the 251st pope
July 2 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829: Russian Field-Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch launches the Transbalkan offensive, which would bring the Russian army within 68 km from Istanbul.
July 23 - In the United States, William Burt obtains the first patent for a writing mechanism.
December 4 - India: In the face of fierce opposition, British Lord William Bentinck carries a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide.
1828
January 4 - France: The Vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villčle as Prime Minister of France.
January 22 - UK: The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
February 8 - Birth of Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
August 27 – South America: Brazil and Argentina recognize the independence of Uruguay.
September 9-Birth of Russian author Leo Tolstoy
September 29 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829: Varna is taken by the Russian army.
December 3 - U.S. presidential election: Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States
1827
Kingdow of Hawaii: Diocese of Honolulu founded on July 14. :geek: I never knew Hawaii once was a monarchy :blush:.
Oh, and on March 8, Wilhelm Bleek was born. He was a German linguist. Probably one of the lesser know heros of that time :D.
1826
February 11 - University College London is founded, under the name University of London
June - Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.
Early July - Ludwig van Beethoven put the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
July 4 - Death of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
July 4 - Death John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
July 26 - Cholera epidemic begins in India
1825
July 14 - The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society was founded by 16 disgruntled members of the now-defunct Patrick Henry Society in Room 7, West Lawn....dunno why I laughed when I first read it!
August 6 - Bolivia gains independence from Peru as a republic with the instigation of Simón Bolívar.
August 25 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil.
September 7 - Brazil Gains independence from Portugal
September 27 - The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opens in England.
First roller skates.
Aluminium discovered.
City of Brisbane founded
1824
January 8 - After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society with only one vote against
May 7 - one of Beethoven's greatest masterpieces, Symphony No. 9, premieres in Vienna
July 27 - Birth of Alexandre Dumas, fils, French writer
September 16 - Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII as King of France.
1823
September 10 - Simón Bolívar named President of Peru
Ferdinand VII revokes the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores absolute monarchy.