Important Events in 1830
- May 13 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
- May 28 US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, a key law leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears
- Jun 12 Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch
- Aug 28 1st American built locomotive, "Tom Thumb" races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won!
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Did You Know?"Mary Had A Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is first published by Boston firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon
On May 24, 1830
Camille Pissarro
Emily Dickinson
Franz Joseph I
Frederic Mistral
Robert Gascoyne-CecilWorld Leaders in 1830
Andrew Jackson
US President & General- Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington & British Prime Minister
Andrew Jackson
Arthur WellesleyFamous Weddings in 1830
- Jul 8 Magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (24) weds Josèphe Cecile
- Sep 14 Princess WFLC Marianne marries Albrecht of Prussia
Simón Bolívar