Explore 603 historical events from 1830–1839.
José Gaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) was a Tejano who served three terms as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early col…
Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three-term mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (born 1781)
Johannes Jelgerhuis, was a 19th-century painter and actor from the Netherlands.
Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (born 1770)
Orest Adamovich Kiprensky was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted t…
Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (born 1782)
The Republic of Texas, or simply Texas, was a short-lived sovereign country in North America from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas was bordered by Mexico to the west and …
Forces of the Republic of Texas led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexican troops of Antonio López de Santa Anna in the Bat
Francis Baily was an English astronomer. He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early his…
English astronomer Francis Baily observed Baily's beads (example pictured), a phenomenon during a solar eclipse in which
Belgium was heavily involved in the early development of railway transport. Belgium was the second country in Europe, after Great Britain, to open a railway and produce locomotives…
The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen
James Gordon Bennett Sr. was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American news…
James Gordon Bennett, Sr
James Bowman Lindsay was a Scottish inventor and writer. He is credited with early developments in several fields, such as incandescent lighting and telegraphy.
James Bowman Lindsay demonstrates a constant electric light at a public meeting in Dundee, Scotland.
Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus wit…
P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African…
The "Great Moon Hoax", also known as the "Great Moon Hoax of 1835", was a series of six articles published in The Sun, beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of…
The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization…
Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist. He was born in Viipuri and was of …
Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (died 1888)
Bertalan Székely was a Hungarian history and portrait painter who worked in the Romantic and Academic styles.
Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (died 1910)
Sir Thomas McIlwraith was for many years the dominant figure of colonial politics in Queensland. He was Premier of Queensland from 1879 to 1883, again in 1888, and for a third time…
Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (died 1900)
Charles N. Sims was an American Methodist preacher and the third chancellor of Syracuse University, serving from 1881 to 1893. Sims Hall and Sims drive on the Syracuse campus is na…
Charles N
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia. The city's name generally refers to a 9,993-squa…
Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1…
HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the…
The Ragamuffin War, also known as the Ragamuffin Revolution or Heroic Decade, was a republican uprising that began in southern Brazil during the regency period, centered in the pro…
The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a d…
Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a…
The United Tribes of New Zealand was a confederation of Māori tribes based in the north of the North Island, existing from 1835 to 1840. It received limited acknowledgement from Gr…
The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
František Chvostek was a Czech-Austrian military physician and lecturer in internal medicine. He published articles on a wide variety of medical disorders but is most notable for h…
František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian physician and academic (died 1884)
Hijikata Toshizō was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group …
Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (died 1869)
Pope Pius X was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He was known for opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for pro…
Pope Pius X (died 1914)
Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day.
Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)
Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controvers…
Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)