10 events found for 1829
Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan Ri
After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger declares the Swan River Colony in Australia
Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire
HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba
The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the…
An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle…
The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.