1835

Years: 1832 1833 1834 - 1835 - 1836 1837 1838
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1835 in art 1835 in literature 1835 in science 1835 in music 1835 in sports List of state leaders in 1835 List of religious leaders in 1835

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 1 ÃÂ Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dalers
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.
April 18 - Lord Melbourne succeeds Sir Robert Peel as British Prime Minister.
The Australian city of Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner.
May 5 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen. It is the first railway in continental Europe.
May 6 - James Gordon Bennett publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
July 4 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completed construction of its Thomas Viaduct then the longest bridge in the United States, and second only to London Bridge in the world.
August 25 - The Great Moon Hoax begins.
September 7 ÃÂ Charles Darwin arrives to Galapagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle
October 2 - Texas Revolution begins: Battle of Gonzales - Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
December 9 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio.
December 16 - Fire in New York City destroys 530 buildings
December 28 - Seminole chief Osceola and his warriors attack government agent Thompson outside Fort King in Central Florida - it means the outbreak of the Second Seminole War
The Toledo War was fought between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo and the Toledo Strip.
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestum, Copernicus' book on the motion of the Earth, is removed from the Index of Prohibited Books.
Samuel Colt patents the first revolver
Civil war erupts in Uruguay between supporters of Blanco and Colorado parties
Cachar Levy, forerunner of Assam Rifles, is founded in India

Births

February 15 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek IOC president
March 24 - Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (d. 1893)
March 29 - Gustaf Zander, physician (d. 1920)
April 9 - King Leopold II of the Belgians (d. 1909)
June 2 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
October 7 - Felix Draeseke, composer (d. 1913)
October 9 - Camille Saint-SaÃÂ«ns, composer (d. 1921)
October 23 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
November 21 - Hetty Green, businesswoman (d. 1916)
November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, philanthropist (d. 1919)
November 29 - Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty of China.
November 30 - Mark Twain, author, humorist (d. 1910)
December 4 - Samuel Butler, writer (d. 1902)
December 18 - Lyman Abbott, author (d. 1922)

Deaths

March 2 - Emperor Francis I of Austria (b. 1768)
March 18 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
April 8 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, linguist, philosopher (b. 1767)
April 21 - Samuel Slater, US industrialist (b. 1768)
May 13 - John Nash, architect (b. 1752)
June 18 - William Cobbett, journalist and author (b. 1763)
September 23 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)