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List of 1834 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1834

What happened in the year 1834?

Date Event
January 1, 1834 Most of Germany forms the Zollverein customs union, the first such union between sovereign states.
March 6, 1834 York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
March 18, 1834 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
May 16, 1834 The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
May 30, 1834 Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
July 7, 1834 In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
July 15, 1834 The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
August 1, 1834 Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
August 1, 1834 Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.
October 9, 1834 Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
October 16, 1834 Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
October 28, 1834 The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
December 1, 1834 Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
December 3, 1834 The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.