In history, year 1834 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1834.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1834:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 06 march | York, Upper Canada, was incorporated as Toronto. |
| 07 july | In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionistsbegan, fueled by rumors that they were encouraging miscegenation. |
| 01 august | The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force, officiallyabolishing slavery in most of the British Empire. |
| 16 october | Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in afire. |
| 03 december | The German Customs Union instituted the first regular census in Germany. |
| 02 November | On this day a ship named Atlas reached Mauritius with Indian laborers. Which is celebrated as the immigrant day there. |
| 23 December | Joseph Hansum patented the passenger horse carriage \safety Cab\. |
| 03 January | Stephen F. Austin was arrested in Mexico City by the Mexican government. |
| 03 February | Wake Forest University was established. |
| 14 March | John Herschel discovers the now open cluster of stars, now known as NGC 3603, from the Cape of Good Hope. |
| 14 April | The Whig Party was officially nominated by United States Senator Henry Clay. |
| 01 May | Belgian parliament accepted railway laws |
| 21 June | American inventor and businessman Cyrus Hall patented the McCormick harvesting machine. |
| 24 July | The Liberal War ended in Portugal. |
| 15 August | The South Australia Act gave permission for a colony to be built there. |
| 13 September | The Gleaner newspaper was first published in Jamaica. |
| 16 October | The Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire. |
| 14 November | William Thomson entered the University of Glasgow after 10 years and 4 months. |
| 03 December | The first regular census was established in Zolverin Germany, at which time the population of Germany was 23,478,120. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1834:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 02 August | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi / Sculptor / France |
| 04 May | Viktor Hartmann / Painter / Russia |
| 05 January | William John Wills / Surgeon / United Kingdom |
| 05 May | Viktor Hartmann / Painter / Russia |
| 06 February | Ema Pukšec / Singer / Germany |
| 07 January | Johann Philipp Reis / Academic / Germany |
| 08 February | Dmitri Mendeleev / Academic / Russia |
| 09 July | Jan Neruda / Poet / Czech Republic |
| 10 October | Aleksis Kivi / Author / Finland |
| 10 January | John Dalberg-Acton / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 16 March | James Hector / Surgeon / Scotland |
| 18 August | Marshall Field / Business Man / United States of America |
| 19 July | Edgar Degas / Painter / France |
| 19 November | Georg Hermann Quincke / Academic / Germany |
| 20 March | Charles William Eliot / Academic / United States of America |
| 21 June | Frans de Cort / Poet / Belgium |
| 22 August | Samuel Pierpont Langley / Astronomer / United States of America |
| 23 May | Carl Bloch / Painter / Denmark |
| 23 March | Julius Reubke / Pianist / Germany |
| 23 May | Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis / Architect / Latvia |
