1835
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 dalers January 7 - HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against 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 becomes Emperor of Austria. 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. May 6 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr publishes the first issue of the New York Herald. June 2 - 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 - Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. 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. 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 The Toledo War was fought between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo and the Toledo Strip. De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestum, Copernicus' book on the motion of the Earth, is removed from the Index of Prohibited Books. Samuel Colt patents the first revolver 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.
BirthsFebruary 13 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Muslim reformer, Promised Messiah, and Imam Mahdi (d. 1908)February 15 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president (d. 1908)March 14 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)March 15 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)March 24 - Jožef Stefan, Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (d. 1893)March 29 - Gustaf Zander, physician (d. 1920)April 9 - King Leopold II of the Belgians (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 composerAugust 2 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and founder of Western Electric (d. 1901)October 7 - Felix Draeseke, 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)November 17 - Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)November 19 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian freedom fighterNovember 21 - Hetty Green, businesswoman (d. 1916)November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist, philanthropist (d. 1919)November 29 - Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty of ChinaNovember 30 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist (d. 1910)December 4 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)December 18 - Lyman Abbott, author (d. 1922)
DeathsFebruary 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, English architect (b. 1752)June 18 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)September 23 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
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