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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* January – The [[Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad]] is chartered in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]].<ref>https://www.carolana.com/NC/Transportation/railroads/nc_rrs_wilmington_raleigh.htmld</ref>
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* January 1 – [[Zollverein]] (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
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* January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons [[Stephen F. Austin]] in Mexico City.
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* February 13 – [[Robert Owen]] organizes the [[Grand National Consolidated Trades Union]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>G. D. H. Cole, ''Attempts at General Union'' (Taylor & Francis, 2010) p122</ref>
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* March 6 – [[York, Upper Canada]], is incorporated as [[Toronto]].
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* March 11 – The United States Survey of the Coast is transferred to the [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]].
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* March 14 – [[John Herschel]] discovers the open cluster of stars now known as [[NGC 3603]], observing from the [[Cape of Good Hope]].
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* March 28 – [[Andrew Jackson]] is censured by the [[United States Congress]] (expunged in 1837).
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=== April–June ===
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* April 10 – The LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans burns, and Madame [[Marie Delphine LaLaurie]] flees to France.   
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* April 14 – The [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] is officially named, by [[United States Senator]] [[Henry Clay]].
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*  May 9 – The founder of The First Saudi State, Imam Turki bin Abdulla Al Saud, is assassinated after the Friday prayers by Ibrahim Hamza, following the orders of his cousin Mishari.
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* May 19 – The [[Syrian Peasant Revolt (1834–35)]] erupts in [[Muhammad Ali dynasty|Egyptian-ruled]] [[Ottoman Syria]], encompassing peasant uprisings in [[Peasants' revolt in Palestine|Palestine and Transjordan]], [[Sidon Eyalet revolt (1834)|Galilee and Hauran]] and the [[Alawite revolt (1834–35)|Syrian coast]]; the rebellions are suppressed with harsh military response leading to thousands of deaths and mostly subdued by August, though the Syrian coast uprising lasts until early 1835.
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* June 7 – Greek independence: General [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] is sentenced to death for [[treason]], for resisting the rule of [[Otto of Greece]] (he is released the following year).
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* June 21 – American inventor and businessman [[Cyrus McCormick]] is granted a patent for his mechanical reaper.
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=== July–September ===
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* July 7–10 – [[Anti-abolitionist riots (1834)|Anti-abolitionist riots]] break out in New York City.
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*  July 8 – Imam Faisal bin Turki enters [[Riyadh]] and upon entering his father's palace, assassinates his father's murderer, Ibrahim Hamza, and his master; Mishari, and becomes the ruler and founder of the Second Saudi State.
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* July 15 – The [[Spanish Inquisition]], which began in the 15th century, is suppressed by royal decree.
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* July 16 – [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne]] succeeds [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Earl Grey]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
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* July 24 – The [[Liberal Wars]] end in Portugal.
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* July 29 – The [[Office of Indian Affairs]] is organized in the United States.
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* August 1 – [[Slavery]] is abolished in the [[British Empire]], by the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]].
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* August 11–12 – [[Ursuline Convent riots]]: A convent of Ursuline nuns is burned near [[Boston]].
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* August 12 – In the [[Empire of Brazil]], the [[1834 Additional Act|Additional Act]] provides for establishment of the Provincial Legislative Assembly, extinction of the State Council, replacement of the Regency Trina, and introduction of a direct and secret ballot.
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* August 14 –  The [[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834|Poor Law Amendment Act]] in the United Kingdom states that no able-bodied British man can receive assistance, unless he enters a [[workhouse]] (a kind of [[poorhouse]]).
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* August 15 – The [[South Australia Act 1834|South Australia Act]] allows for the creation of a colony there.
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* September 13 – ''[[The Gleaner (Jamaica)|The Gleaner]]'' newspaper is first published in [[Jamaica]].
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* September 18 – [[Athens]] becomes Greece's capital city.
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=== October–December ===
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* October 16 – The [[Palace of Westminster]] is destroyed by [[Burning of Parliament|fire]], along with both the House of Commons and the House of Lords (which are not in session) of the British Parliament.  An investigation later traces the disaster to an order from the Exchequer to the Board of Works to destroy the [[tally stick]]s that had been stored as part of record keeping, the use of the furnaces beneath the House of Lords to carry out the task, and the failure of authorities to stop the work or to fight the fire after smoke had first been detected, the conclusion being that the fire was "wholly attributable to carelessness and negligence." <ref name=Fires> "Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp74-75 </ref>
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* November 14 – [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne]] becomes the last [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to be dismissed by the British monarch.  [[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]] temporarily appoints [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], to form a caretaker government.<ref>Michael S. Patridge, ''The Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852: A Bibliography'' (Greenwood Publishing, 1990) p129</ref><ref>Rory Muir, ''Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814-1852'' (Yale University Press, 2013) pp439-440</ref>
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* December 3 – The ''[[Zollverein]]'' institutes the first regular [[census in Germany]]. The population is 23,478,120.
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* December 10 – Sir [[Robert Peel]] succeeds [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|The Duke of Wellington]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
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* December 11 – The [[Sixth Xhosa War]] is characterized by severe clashes between white settlers and [[Bantu peoples]] in [[Cape Colony]]; Dutch-speaking settlers colonize the area north of [[Orange River]].
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* The British [[East India Company]] monopoly on China trade ends. It appoints a Tea Committee to assess the potential of [[Assam tea]].
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* The Medical School of Louisiana (later [[Tulane University]]) is founded in [[New Orleans]].
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* [[Charles Babbage]] begins the conceptual design of the ''[[Analytical Engine]]'', a mechanical forerunner of the modern computer. It will not be built in his lifetime.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230519/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/computing_and_data_processing/1878-3.aspx</ref>
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* [[Thomas Davenport (inventor)|Thomas Davenport]], inventor of the first American [[Direct current|DC]] electrical motor, installs his motor in a small model car, creating one of the first [[electric car]]s.
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* The Romanian language is banned in the schools and government facilities of the Russian Empire's [[Bessarabia Governorate]].
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Latest revision as of 04:06, 1 March 2021

1824 < 1825 < 1826 < 1827 < 1828 < 1829 < 1830 <1831 < 1832 < 1833 < 1834 > 1835 > 1836 > 1837 > 1838 > 1839 > 1840 > 1841 > 1842 > 1843 > 1844
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Emancipation of Slaves 1834 monument - Victoria Tower Gardens - Millbank - Westminster - London - 24042004.jpg
The Buxton Memorial Fountain in London, celebrating the emancipation of slaves.
year 1834

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown


 

Event

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915

 

New Groups

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Newcastle UniversityShield of the University of Newcastle.pngPublicImportant UK university
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Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.pngThe most prestigious university in Ukraine

 

A Death

TitleBornDiedSummaryDescription
Thomas Malthus14 February 176623 December 1834Clergy
Philosopher		The father of depopulation justifications, both in British imperial ideology and among modern day billionaires.

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
John Dalberg-Acton10 January 1834Naples
Sicilies		19 June 1902Author
Politician
Historian		English Catholic historian, politician, and writer.
Jerome Preston28 January 183427 January 1902Businessperson
Chauncey Depew23 April 1834New York
Peekskill		5 April 1928Politician
Lawyer
Deep state operative		US deep state operative, classmate of two future US Supreme Court Justices, a member of Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones, Corsair Club, The Pilgrims Society...
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.carolana.com/NC/Transportation/railroads/nc_rrs_wilmington_raleigh.htmld
  2. ↑ G. D. H. Cole, Attempts at General Union (Taylor & Francis, 2010) p122
  3. ↑ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) pp74-75
  4. ↑ Michael S. Patridge, The Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852: A Bibliography (Greenwood Publishing, 1990) p129
  5. ↑ Rory Muir, Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814-1852 (Yale University Press, 2013) pp439-440
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230519/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/computing_and_data_processing/1878-3.aspx
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