What Happened on May 28, 1830

Historical Events

Trail of Tears

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

Famous Birthdays

Carl Filtsch, Transylvanian child piano prodigy, and composer, born in Mühlbach (Sebeș), Romania (d. 1845)
George Lucas Hartsuff, American Major General (Union Army), born in Tyre, New York (d. 1874)

Born in 1830

1830 Highlights