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1830s
From Encyclopedia Jr, free information reference for Kids
Events and Trends
- Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday
- Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony
- Croquet invented in Ireland
- Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States
- Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria
- Mormon church founded by Joseph Smith
- The stealthy murderers called "thugs" are eradicated by Willam Sleeman and his team in British India.
World Leaders
- Emperor Francis II (Austria)
- Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
- Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
- King Louis-Philippe (July Monarchy France)
- Pope Gregory XVI
- Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
- King Ferdinand VII (Spain)
- King William IV (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Queen Victoria (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Prime Minister Lord Grey (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- President Andrew Jackson (United States)
- President Martin Van Buren (United States)
- Shahs of Persia (Qajar dynasty)
- Fath Ali Shah, 1797-1834
- Mohammad Shah Qajar, 1834-1848
See also
- 1830s in music
- 1830s in sports
- 1830s and 1840s in fashion
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