1830

Years: 1827 1828 1829 - 1830 - 1831 1832 1833

Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1830 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths

1830 was a Common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).

Events

• February 3 - The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervision of Russia, France and Britain.
• March 26 - Joseph Smith publishes the Book of Mormon
• April 6 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organized.
• May 13 - Ecuador separates from Gran Colombia.
• May 26 - The Indian Removal Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.
• May 28 - US congress passes the Indian Removal Act
• June 24 - Last person put on Pillory in England - Peter Bossey, in addition to 6 months in prison and seven years of Penal transportation to Australia
• June 26 - William IV succeeds George IV as King of the UK.
• July 5 - France invades Algeria.
• July 17 - France grants Barthélemy Thimonnier a Patent (#7454) for a Sewing machine. It chain stitches at 200/minute.
• July 18 - Uruguay adopts its first Constitution.
• July 20 - Greece grants citizenship to Jews.
• July 25 - Rioting breaks out in Paris against Charles X
• July 27-29 - "Three Glorious Days" - people in Paris rebel against the Ordinance of St. Cloud by king Charles X of France and clash against the National Guard - 1800 rioters and 300 soldiers dead. King has to flee the capital. The July Revolution begins in France.
• August 2 - Abdication of King Charles X of France in favor of his grandson, Henry V, who is not allowed to take the throne.
• August 9 - The Duke of Orleans becomes King of the French as Louis Philippe.
• August 13 - Louis Philippe appoints the Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister of France.
• August 25 - Beginning of the Belgian Revolution.
• August 31 - Edwin Beard Budding is granted a patent for the invention of lawnmower.
• September 15 - Liverpool-Manchester railway opened
• October 4 - The Provisional Government in Brussels declares the creation of the independent state of Belgium, in revolt against the government of the Netherlands.
• November 2 - Jacques Laffitte succeeds the Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister of France
• November 8 - Ferdinand II becomes King of the Two Sicilies
• November 22 - The Whig Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey succeeds Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• November 29 - Beginning of a major Polish insurrection in Warsaw against Russian rule.
• December 20 - Recognition of the Independence of Belgium by the Great Powers.

• First long-distance (Manchester-Liverpool) railway begins operation.

Births

• February 3 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (d. 1903)
• February 9 - Abd al-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
• March 15 - Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
• August 18 - Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (d. 1916)
• September 2 - William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
• September 8 - Frédéric Mistral, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
• December 10 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
• Harriet (Galápagos tortoise), the world's oldest known living animal alive today, and purported inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Deaths

• January 7 - Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
• March 17 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. 1764)
• June 4 - Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1795)
• June 26 - King George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• September 18 - William Hazlitt, British essayist (b. 1778)
• November 8 - King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• December 1 - Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761)
• December 8 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (b. 1767)
• December 17 - Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1783)