1835

Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

Years: 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 - 1835 - 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Heads of State

Events

• January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol -- first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
• March 2 - Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria.
• April 18 - Lord Melbourne succeeds Sir Robert Peel as British Prime Minister.
• The Australian city of Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner.
• May 5 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen. It is the first railway in continental Europe.
• May 6 - James Gordon Bennett publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
• July 4 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completed construction of its Thomas Viaduct then the longest bridge in the United States, and second only to London Bridge in the world.
• October 2 - Texas Revolution begins: Battle of Gonzales - Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
• December 9 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio.
• The Toledo War was fought between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo and the Toledo Strip.

• 1835 in literature
• 1835 in music
• 1835 in science

• February 15 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek IOC president
• March 24 - Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet († 1893)
• March 29 - Gustaf Zander, physician († 1920)
• April 9 - King Leopold II of the Belgians († 1909)
• June 2 - Pope Pius X († 1914)
• October 9 - Camille Saint-Saëns, composer († 1921)
• October 23 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States († 1914)
• November 21 - Hetty Green, businesswoman († 1916)
• November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, philanthropist († 1919)
• November 29 - Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty of China.
• November 30 - Mark Twain, author, humorist († 1910)
• December 4 - Samuel Butler, writer († 1902)
• December 18 - Lyman Abbott, author († 1922)

• March 2 - Emperor Francis I of Austria (* 1768)
• April 8 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, linguist, philosopher (* 1767)
• April 21 - Samuel Slater, US industrialist (* 1768)
• May 13 - John Nash, architect (*1752)
• June 18 - William Cobbett, journalist and author (* 1763)
• September 23 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (* 1801)

• China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850
• Denmark - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
• France - Louis-Phillippe, King of the French (August 1, 1830 to February 24, 1848
• Norway - Charles III, King of Norway (1818-1844)
• Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
• Prussia - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
• Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (December 26, 1825 to March 2, 1855)
• Spain - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (September 29, 1833 to September, 1868)
• United States - Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837)