Page 2: Historical Events In 1834

Mar 06   Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor   

Mar 06   Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its inaugural mayor.   

Mar 09   French Foreign Legion is founded   

Mar 12   Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33   

Mar 16   HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands.   

Mar 17   Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle.   

Mar 18   1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long)   

Mar 18   In Dorset, England, six labourers, dubbed the Tolpuddle Martyrs, are sentenced to seven years banishment to Australian penal colony for forming a trade union.   

Mar 18   In England, six English agricultural laborers are sentenced to seven years of banishment to Australia’s New South Wales penal colony for their trade union activities   

Mar 18   inaugural railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 meter long)   

Mar 20   Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909).   

Mar 22   Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896.   

Mar 23   Julius Reubke, composer.   

Mar 24   John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist.   

Mar 28   Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US.   

Mar 28   Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of US.   

Apr 01   Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer   

Apr 03   The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.   

Apr 13   HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia.   

Apr 18   Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia.   

Apr 21   William Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862.   

Apr 26   Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist   

Apr 29   Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia.   

May 01   Belgian parliament accept railway laws.   

May 04   Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean   

May 05   Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz   

May 08   Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle   

May 08   Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium.   

May 20   Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies.   

May 21   Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902).   

May 23   Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76.   

May 26   Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates.   

Jun 01   HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street.   

Jun 02   5th national black convention meet (NYC).   

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Jan 01   Ludovic halévy: French playwright    

Jan 05   William john wills: English explorer of australia, member of the burke and wills expedition   

Jan 07   Johann philipp reis: German physicist and inventor   

Jan 10   John acton: English historian/mp   

Jan 13   Horatio alger jr: Revere mass, author (lost at sea, work & win)   

Jan 14   William cleaver francis robinson: Composer   

Jan 16   Albert lindley lee: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1907   

Jan 17   Wilhelmina j r albregt-engelman: Dutch actress/daughter of mimi bia   

Jan 12   William wyndham grenville: 1st baron grenville, prime minister of the united kingdom (b. 1759)   

Jan 16   Jean nicolas pierre hachette: French mathematician (b. 1769)   

Jan 17   Giovanni aldini: Italian physicist (b. 1762)   

Feb 04   Amelie julia candielle: Composer,    

Feb 06   Richard lemon lander: British explorer (b. 1804)   

Feb 12   Friedrich schleiermacher: German theologist/philosopher,   

Feb 16   Lionel lukin: Life boat pioneer,    

Mar 12   Karl w feuerbach: Mathematician (circle of feuerbach),