March 1834

March 1834 in History

Events in History

Mar 6 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
Mar 9 French Foreign Legion is founded

Historic Event

Mar 16 Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, anchors in the recently British-acquired Falklands Islands for the first time

Charles Darwin — Naturalist Charles Darwin

Mar 18 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 m long)
Mar 18 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union
Mar 28 Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US

Birthdays in History

Mar 6 George du Maurier, Franco-British illustrator and writer (Trilby), born in Paris, France (d. 1896)
Mar 16 James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)

Gottlieb Daimler

Mar 17 Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor, designed 1st motorcycle, born in Schorndorf, Kingdom of Württemberg (d. 1900)

Gottlieb Daimler — Engineer and inventor Gottlieb Daimler

Mar 20 Charles William Elliot, President of Harvard (1869-1909), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 22 Francis Asbury Shoup, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
Mar 24 John Wesley Powell, American geologist/explorer/ethnologist
Mar 24 William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist

Weddings in History

Brigham Young

Mar 31 Religious leader Brigham Young (32) weds herbalist Mary Ann Angell (27)

Brigham Young — Founder of Salt Lake City and President of the LDS Church Brigham Young

Deaths in History

Mar 12 Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, German mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33

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