Important Historical Events of the year 1829, Year 1829 in History

List of 1829 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1829

What happened in the year 1829?

Date Event
January 19, 1829 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
March 22, 1829 In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
March 24, 1829 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.[20]
April 13, 1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
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 British Empire.
May 2, 1829 After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
May 23, 1829 Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
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 on the Thames in London.
July 23, 1829 In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
August 3, 1829 The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
September 11, 1829 An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Mexico's campaign for 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 The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
October 8, 1829 Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
December 4, 1829 In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.