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

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)

1. Fath Ali Shah, 1797-1834
2. Mohammad Shah Qajar, 1834-1848

See also

• 1830s in music
• 1830s in sports
• 1830s and 1840s in fashion

External links

• The Aftermath of the Rebellions — The Rebellions of 1837-1838 : the most dramatic political event in Canadian history

1830s

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