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EVENTS AND TRENDS

Electromagnetic Induction discovered by Michael Faraday

Evolution ary theorist Charles Darwin 's expedition on the '' HMS Beagle .''

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

The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints founded by Joseph Smith

The stealthy murderers called " Thugs " are eradicated by Willam Sleeman and his team in British India .

Texas Revolution begins in Texas.

The First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing Empire of China started in 1839 . It would end three years later with the signing of the Treaty Of Nanking on 1842-08-29 .

WORLD LEADERS

Emperor Francis II ( Austria )

Emperor Ferdinand I ( Austria )

Chancellor Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich ( Austria )

King Louis-Philippe ( July Monarchy France )

Frederick William III Of Prussia ( Prussia )

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 )

Shah s of Persia ( Qajar Dynasty )

President Sam Houston ( Republic Of Texas )

President Mirabeau B. Lamar ( Republic Of Texas )

# Mohammad Shah Qajar , 1834-1848

SEE ALSO

1830s In Music

1830s In Sports

1830s In Fashion

EXTERNAL LINKS

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