List of 1829 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1829
Date | Event |
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January 19, 1829 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance. |
March 22, 1829 | In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. |
March 24, 1829 | The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.[20] |
April 13, 1829 | The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament. |
April 25, 1829 | Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire. |
May 2, 1829 | After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. |
May 23, 1829 | Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire. |
June 5, 1829 | HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba. |
June 10, 1829 | The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London. |
July 23, 1829 | In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. |
August 3, 1829 | The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River. |
September 11, 1829 | An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Mexico's campaign for independence. |
September 14, 1829 | The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War. |
September 29, 1829 | The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded. |
October 1, 1829 | The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools. |
October 8, 1829 | Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials. |
December 4, 1829 | In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. |