Historical Events in 1829

  • Jan 19 Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1" premieres
  • Feb 2 Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral on fire, does £60,000 damage
  • Mar 2 New England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in US, incorporated, Boston

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Mar 4 Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th US President

US President & General Andrew Jackson
US President & General
Andrew Jackson
  • Mar 4 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
  • Mar 16 Ohio authorizes high school night classes
  • Mar 22 The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
  • Apr 9 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
  • Apr 13 The Roman Catholic Relief Act passed by the British Parliament; it was the culmination of the process of Catholic Emancipation throughout the UK.
  • Apr 25 Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom
  • Apr 28 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
  • May 2 After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia

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May 15 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith

Religious Leader Joseph Smith Jr
Religious Leader
Joseph Smith Jr
  • May 24 Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate
  • Jun 5 HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba
  • Jun 8 1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London opens in Liverpool
  • Jun 10 The first Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race takes place

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Jun 19 Sir Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London

British Prime Minister Robert Peel
British Prime Minister
Robert Peel
  • Jul 4 Cornerstone laid for 2nd US mint at Chestnut and Juniper St, Philadelphia, the "Grecian Temple"
  • Jul 4 The first London bus "omnibus", operated by George Shillibeer, begins service between Marylebone Road and Bank Junction
  • Jul 7 Royal Military Chapel forms
  • Jul 23 American William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)
  • Aug 3 Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell" premieres in Paris
  • Aug 8 French government of De Polignac forms
  • Aug 9 "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service
  • Aug 16 Siamese twins Chang & Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
  • Aug 25 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
  • Aug 31 Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris)
  • Sep 12 Greek War of Independence ends after 8 years and 6 months
  • Sep 14 Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war
  • Sep 24 Russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople

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Sep 25 Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolívar

Military and Political Leader Simón Bolívar
Military and Political Leader
Simón Bolívar
  • Sep 28 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
  • Sep 29 The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital
  • Oct 1 South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
  • Oct 16 Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)
  • Oct 17 Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
  • Oct 17 1st supposed attack on abandoned German teenager Kaspar Hauser
  • Nov 20 Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
  • Nov 30 First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the groundbreaking
  • Dec 4 Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
  • Dec 21 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore