Explore 495 historical events from 1830–1839.
The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis …
Black Hawk War: Three men working in a cornfield were attacked by Sauk Native Americans, resulting in two deaths
Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk, was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States. Although he had inherited an importa…
Black Hawk (pictured), the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to U.S. authorities to end the…
The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is th…
The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Clark Ross was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who explored both the North and South Poles. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions le…
James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole
The Best Friend of Charleston was a steam-powered railroad locomotive widely considered the first locomotive to be built entirely within the United States for revenue service. It w…
The steam locomotive Best Friend of Charleston causes the first boiler explosion caused by a steam locomotive
Samuel Francis Smith was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", which he entitled "Amer…
Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
The Seneca are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the fart…
Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.
Regulamentul Organic was a quasi-constitutional organic law enforced in 1831–1832 by the Imperial Russian authorities in Moldavia and Wallachia. The document partially confirmed th…
Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian…
Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.
Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River…
William I was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.
French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
Nat Turner was an enslaved Black carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion of both slave and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.
Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the…
Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner…
Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed.
Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles under…
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope.
The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support…
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded…
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The November Uprising, also known as the Polish–Russian War of 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Em…
November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
Mary Louise Booth was an American editor, translator, and writer. She was the first editor-in-chief of the women's fashion magazine, Harper's Bazaar.
Mary Louise Booth, American writer, editor and translator (died 1889)
Emily Howard Stowe was a Canadian physician who was the first female physician to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada and an activist for women's rig…
Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (died 1903)
David Edward Hughes, was a Welsh-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor of music known for his work on the printing telegraph and the microphone. He is generally …
David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (died 1900)
Henry Vandyke Carter was an English anatomist, surgeon, and anatomical artist most notable for his illustrations of the book Gray's Anatomy.
Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (died 1897)
John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
John Bell Hood, American general (died 1879)
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The …
Amelia Edwards, English journalist and author (died 1892)
Thomas J. Higgins was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who was a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Ba…
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