World War 1 and 2

Years: 1832 1833 1834 - 1835 - 1836 1837 1838
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

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.

Births

February 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 composer
August 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 fighter
November 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 China
November 30 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist (d. 1910)
December 4 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
December 18 - Lyman Abbott, 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, English architect (b. 1752)
June 18 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
September 23 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)