1835
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'''1835''' was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
Events
January 1 – Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dollars
January 7 - HMS Beagle|''HMS Beagle'' anchors off the Chonos Archipelago.
January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President of the United States|President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol - first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
February 20 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake
March 2 - Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria.
April 18 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Lord Melbourne succeeds Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister.
The Australian city of Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner.
May 5 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen. It is the first railway in continental Europe.
May 6 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the ''New York Herald''.
June 2 - Phineas Taylor Barnum|P.T. Barnum and his circus begins first tour of the U.S.
July 4 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad completed construction of its Thomas Viaduct then the longest bridge in the United States, and second only to London Bridge in the world.
August 25 - The Great Moon Hoax begins.
September 7 – Charles Darwin arrives at Galapagos Islands aboard ''HMS Beagle''
October 2 - Texas Revolution begins: Battle of Gonzales - Mexico|Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
November 16 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, it's closest approach to the sun.
December 1 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales
December 7 - First German Railway between Nürnberg and Fürth named "der Adler" (The Eagle)
December 9 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio.
December 16 - Fire in New York City destroys 530 buildings
December 19 - Toledo Blade newspaper begins publishing.
December 28 - Seminole chief Osceola and his warriors attack government agent Thompson outside Fort King in Central Florida - it means the outbreak of the Second Seminole War
Month/day unknown
The Toledo War was fought between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo, Ohio|Toledo and the Toledo Strip.
''De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestum'', Nicolaus Copernicus|Copernicus' book on the motion of the Earth, is removed from the Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Index of Prohibited Books.
Samuel Colt patents the first revolver
Civil war erupts in Uruguay between supporters of National Party-Whites|Blanco and Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado parties
''Cachar Levy'', forerunner of Assam Rifles, is founded in India
The first Bulgaria|Bulgarian-language school opens in the Ottoman Empire.
The French language|French word for their language changes to français, from françois
Independent Order of Rechabites founded as part of temperance movement in U.S.
Births
February 13 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Punjabi Muslim reformer (d. 1908)
February 15 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president (d. 1908)
February 18 - César Cui, Lithuanian composer (d. 1918)
March 14 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
March 15 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
March 24 - Joseph Stefan|Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)
April 9 - King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
May 3 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
June 2 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
July 7 - Ernest Giles, Australian explorer (d. 1897)
July 10 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer
July 27 - Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
August 2 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman (d. 1901)
October 7 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
October 9 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
October 23 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
October 31 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
November 17 - Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
November 19 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1858)
November 21 - Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d. 1916)
November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
November 29 - Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
November 30 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist (d. 1910)
December 4 - Samuel Butler (1835-1902)|Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
December 18 - Lyman Abbott, American clergyman and author (d. 1922)
Deaths
February 15 - Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
March 2 - Emperor Francis I of Austria (b. 1768)
March 18 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
April 8 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist and philosopher (b. 1767)
April 21 - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (b. 1768)
May 13 - John Nash (architect)|John Nash, English architect (b. 1752)
June 18 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
July 28 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b. 1768)
September 23 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
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