In Portugal, Dom Miguel was driven from Lisbon, and his navy destroyed by
Dom Pedro's fleet, commanded by Sir Charles Napier. Civil war also arose
in Spain, Don Carlos claiming the throne upon the death of Ferdinand VII.
Peace treaty between Turkey and Egypt; Russia obtained concessions from
Turkey by the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, and thereby aroused the
opposition of other European powers. Tractarian movement in England. A
Quaker was admitted to Parliament on affirmation, but a bill to relieve
Jews of civil disabilities was thrown out. Slavery abolished in all
British territory, twenty million pounds being voted as reimbursement to
slave-owning planters in the colonies. On this bill Gladstone made his
maiden speech, defending his father's record as a slaveholder.
The "Young Italy" party active; Mazzini exiled. German states continued to
use stringent methods for stamping out radicalism. Polish refugees
expelled from Germany, and many come to America.
Electromagnetic telegraph set up at Göttingen, Germany. Legendre, French
mathematician; William Wilberforce, English statesman; John Randolph of
Roanoke; Edmund Kean, English actor, and Hannah More, English author,
died.
=RULERS--The same as in the previous year, except that Isabella succeeded
Ferdinand VII as ruler of Spain.=
1834
South Carolina Railroad built from Charleston, South Carolina, to Hamburg,
South Carolina, a distance of one hundred and thirty-four miles--the
longest line then in existence. Indian Territory set apart, and several
tribes transferred to it. Jackson censured by Congress for removing
government deposits from the United States Bank; specie payments resumed
after thirty years' suspension. Abolitionist movement gained in strength,
and bitter debates resulted in Congress.
China took from the British East India Company its monopoly of the opium
trade; British ships on the Canton River fired on. Trade-union strikes
general throughout England. The Houses of Parliament almost totally
destroyed by fire. Violence and labor troubles in France. Civil disorders
continued in Spain and Portugal; but the strife in the latter country was
ended by the submission of Dom Miguel on May 22. In Spain the cause of
Don Carlos was maintained by Zumalacarregui, a guerrilla chieftain of
Navarre.
Charles Lamb and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English authors; Joseph
Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom; the Marquis de Lafayette;
Schleiermacher, German theologian; Thomas Robert Malthus, English
economist; Thomas Stothard, English artist, died.
=RULERS--The same as in the previous year.=
1835
Attempt made to remove the Seminoles from Florida, and war followed;
Micanopy and Osceola, Indian leaders, were successful in fights at Fort
King and near Wahoo Swamp, but were defeated by General Clinch on the Big
Withlacoochee. Inhabitants of Texas successfully resisted a Mexican force
under Santa Anna. Fire in New York City caused a loss of twenty million
dollars. Colt revolver patented.
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