1829 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1829?
- January 19, 1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust Part 1 receives its premiere performance.
- March 22, 1829 – The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
- March 24, 1829 – Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
- April 7, 1829 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
- April 13, 1829 – The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
- 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 United Kingdom.
- May 2, 1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
- May 15, 1829 – The Aaronic Priesthood is restored to Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, prior to the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- May 23, 1829 – Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna.
- 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.
- July 23, 1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
- September 11, 1829 – Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico, This was the final consummation of Mexican 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 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
- October 8, 1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson’s The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
- November 30, 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
- December 4, 1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
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