Year '1835' ('
MDCCCXXXV') was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian Calendar (or a
common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1835
January - March
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January 1 -
Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the
Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dollars.
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January 7 -
''HMS Beagle'' anchors off the
Chonos Archipelago, on voyage of
1831-
1836 with
Charles Darwin.
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January 30 - Unsuccessful
assassination attempt against
President Andrew Jackson in the
United States Capitol - first assassination attempt against a
President of the United States.
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February 20 -
Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an
earthquake.
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March 2 -
Ferdinand becomes Emperor of
Austria.
April - June
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April 18 -
Lord Melbourne succeeds Sir
Robert Peel as
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 (see
Rail transport in Belgium).
July - September
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August 25 - In US, the ''
New York Sun'' prints issue 1 of 6 for the
Great Moon Hoax.
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September 7 -
Charles Darwin arrives at the
Galapagos Islands aboard ''HMS Beagle''.
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September 20 -
Farroupilha's Revolution begins in
Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil.
October - December
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October 2 -
Texas Revolution begins:
Battle of Gonzales -
Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of
Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
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November 16 -
Comet Halley reaches
perihelion, its closest approach to the sun.
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November 19 - A force of 500
MÄori invade and enslave the peoples of the Chatham Islands.
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December 1 -
Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales.
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December 7 - First German Railway opens between
Nürnberg and
Fürth, named "der Adler" (The Eagle) (see
History of rail transport in Germany).
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December 9 - The Army of the
Republic of Texas captures
San Antonio.
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December 16-
17 - The
Great Fire of New York destroys 530 buildings, including the
New York Stock Exchange.
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December 20 - The first signing of the
Texas Declaration of Independence at
Goliad, Texas.
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December 28 -
USA:
Second Seminole War breaks out.
Undated
★ The ''
British Geological Survey'' is founded as the world's first national
geological survey.
★ ''
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'',
Copernicus' book on the motion of the
Earth, is removed from the
Index of Prohibited Books.
★ Civil war erupts in
Uruguay between supporters of
Blanco and
Colorado parties.
★ ''Cachar Levy'', forerunner of
Assam Rifles, is founded in
India.
★ The first
Bulgarian-language school opens in the
Ottoman Empire.
★ The
French word for their language changes to ''français'', from ''françois''.
★
Fort Cass is established, the military headquarters and site of the largest internment camps during the
1838 Trail of Tears.
Births
January - June
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February 13 -
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (d.
1908)
★
February 15 -
Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president (d.
1908)
★
February 18 -
César Cui, Lithuanian composer (d.
1918)
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March 4 -
John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d.
1911)
★
March 14 -
Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d.
1910)
★
March 15 -
Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d.
1916)
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March 24 -
Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d.
1893)
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April 9 - King
Léopold II of Belgium (d.
1909)
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May 3 -
Alfred Austin, English poet (d.
1913)
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May 21 -
František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d.
1884)
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June 2 -
Pope Pius X (d.
1914)
July - December
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July 7 -
Ernest Giles, Australian explorer (d.
1897)
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July 10 -
Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d.
1880)
★
July 27 -
Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1907)
★
August 2 -
Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman (d.
1901)
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October 7 -
Felix Draeseke, German composer (d.
1913)
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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)
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November 19 -
Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian freedom fighter (d.
1858)
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November 21 -
Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d.
1916)
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November 25 -
Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist (d.
1919)
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November 29 -
Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d.
1908)
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November 30 -
Mark Twain, American author and humorist (d.
1910)
★
December 4 -
Samuel Butler, English writer (d.
1902)
★
December 18 -
Lyman Abbott, American clergyman and author (d.
1922)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
January - June
★
February 15 -
Henry Hunt, British politician (b.
1773)
★
March 2 - Emperor
Francis I of Austria (b.
1768)
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March 18 -
Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b.
1769)
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April 8 -
Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist and philosopher (b.
1767)
★
April 21 -
Samuel Slater, American industrialist (b.
1768)
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May 13 -
John Nash, English architect (b.
1752)
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June 18 -
William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b.
1763)
July - December
★
July 6 -
John Marshall, influential American chief justice (b.
1755)
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July 28 -
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b.
1768)
★
September 23 -
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b.
1801)
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December 13 -
John Storm,
American Revolutionary soldier (b.
1760)
: ''See also .''
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