Historical Events in 1829

Mar 4 Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th US President

Mar 11 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" is revived by Felix Mendelssohn, aged 20, conducting in Berlin

Mar 17 Final performance by famous clown Joseph Grimaldi at a benefit performance at Sadler's Wells, London

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

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

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

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

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 23 William Austin Burt patents America's first "typographer" (typewriter)
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Aug 3 Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell" premieres in Paris
Aug 3 Opera "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell) Gioachino Rossini's last and greatest opera 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
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

Sep 25 Failed assassination attempt on Simon 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