1830s

1830s - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s
Years: 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839

Events and Trends

Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony.
Croquet invented in Ireland
Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States.
Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria.

World Leaders

Emperor Francis II (Austria)
Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
King Louis-Philippe (France)
Pope Gregory XVI
Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
King William IV (United Kingdom)
Queen Victoria (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Lord Grey (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (United Kingdom)
President Andrew Jackson (United States)
President Martin Van Buren (United States)

See Also

1830s in sports

Example Usage of 1830s
	zergbane: Earl Grey is my boy. He was also the British Prime Minister in the 1830s and as Garrison Keillor wrote a classic middle child.
	ARStateParks: From the 1830s to the 1930s, steamboats plowed the waters of Arkansas' White River... http://fb.me/3b8rMhS
	Lukeer_: Omg, Dial up speed < 1830s auto-mobile.

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