1830 - Month/day unknown. Mary Hunt, American temperance movement leader (d. 1906) Harriet (Galápagos tortoise), the world's oldest known living animal alive today, and purported inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Winter of the Deep Snow (1830-1831) in Illinois. ...

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1830 - Month/day unknown. Mary Hunt, American temperance movement leader (d. 1906) Harriet (Galápagos tortoise), the world's oldest known living animal alive today, and purported inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Winter of the Deep Snow (1830-1831) in Illinois. ...

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While working in Paris, Dumas began to write articles for magazines as well as plays for the theatre. In 1829 his first solo play, Henry III and his Court, was produced, meeting with great public acclaim. The following year his second play, Christine, proved equally popular and as a result, he was financially able to work full time at writing. However, in 1830, he participated in the revolution that ousted King Charles X and replaced him on the throne with Dumas' former employer, the duc d'Orléans, ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1830 - Events. February 3 - Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervision of Russia, France and Britain. April 6 - Founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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Ľudovít Štúr - The situation before Štúr. Slovakia had been a part of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 11th century. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, Slovaks were divided concerning the literary language to be used: The Catholic majority used Anton Bernolak’s language codified in the 1780´s based on the West-Slovak dialect; Most Protestants remained true to the Czech language which had been used in Slovakia, together with Latin, as a result of: the 14th century f ...

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Tudor was the oldest child of William Tudor and Delia Jarvis Tudor. Tudor's travels to Europe polished his civility, and it is said that he held George III's interest in conversation long enough to bring complaints from the lord in waiting, who had others to present. Tudor wrote home to his mother from Paris in 1799, at age 20, that he was sending: ...a collection of music which I bought here, for which I paid with the binding about $400.00.... It is a varied collection and for its size I trust a good one. There are about eig ...

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The Provisional Government in Brussels declared the creation of the independent state of Belgium, on October 4, 1830, in revolt against the government of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. On December 20, 1830, the European powers recognized Belgium's de facto independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was not until April 19, 1839 however, that the Treaty of London signed by the European powers (including the Netherlands) recognized Belgium as an independent and neutral country comprising of West Flanders, East Flanders, Brabant, Antwerp, Hainaut, Namur, and Liège ...

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The Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. Guy VIII, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and had been nicknamed le Dauphin (French for dolphin). The title of Dauphin du Viennois descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his signeurie, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assumed the title of le Dauphin. The wife of the Dauphin was known as la Dauphine. The first French prince called le Dauphin was Charles V. The last was the Duc d'Angoulême, son ...

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The United States Capitol is the capitol building which serves as home for Congress, the legislative branch of the United States federal government. It is located in Washington, D.C., atop Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall. The building is marked by its central dome above a rotunda and two wings, one for each chamber of Congress: the north wing is the Senate chamber and the south wing is the House of Representatives chamber. Above these chambers are galleries where people can watch the Senate and House of Repres ...

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The young Peel entered politics at the young age of 21 as MP for the Irish rotten borough of Cashel City, Tipperary. With a scant twenty-four voters on the rolls, he was elected unopposed. More importantly, his sponsor for the election (besides his father) was Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, with whom Peel's political career would be entwined for the next twenty-five years. His maiden speech in the Commons was a sensation, and famously described by the Speaker of the House of Commons as "th ...

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George Armstrong Custer - First generation. George Armstrong Custer was a fifth-generation descendant of Arnold Kuster and his third wife Rebecca. Arnold was born in Kaldenkirchen, Westphalia, Holy Roman Empire on June 9, 1669. He later emigrated to Hanover, Pennsylvania. Rebecca was a native of the city born in 1671. They had eight children. Arnold is known to have died in 1739. ...

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Definition and meaning of Law of April 6

Law of April 6, 1830

In an effort to strengthen Mexican control over Texas, Mexican officials stopped all immigration from the United States into Texas, including slaves. Settlers from Europe or Mexico were still welcome. More Mexican soldiers were sent to Texas and all goods imported into Texas were subject to taxation. Instead of Texans becoming more dependent on Mexico, the limits imposed by the laws angered them.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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Definition and meaning of Law of April 6

Law of April 6, 1830

In an effort to strengthen Mexican control over Texas, Mexican officials stopped all immigration from the United States into Texas, including slaves. Settlers from Europe or Mexico were still welcome. More Mexican soldiers were sent to Texas and all goods imported into Texas were subject to taxation. Instead of Texans becoming more dependent on Mexico, the limits imposed by the laws angered them.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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Definition and meaning of Maysville Road veto:

Maysville Road veto

In 1830, President Jackson vetoed a bill providing federal aid for the construction of the Maysville Road because the route was wholly within Kentucky. Jackson generally favored internal improvements, but preferred that local projects like this be left to state funding.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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The British Agricultural Revolution is the name for a series of developments in agricultural practices in Britain between the Middle Ages and the mid-19th century. These practices caused a massive increase in agricultural productivity and net output. Among the primary causes of the agricultural revolution were four key changes in agricultural practices: enclosure, mechanization, four-field crop rotation, and selective breeding. British Agricultural Revolution - Enclosure. Prior to the 18th century, agricult ...

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Liberty was settled in 1822, and shortly later became the county seat of Clay County. In 1830, David Rice Atchison established a law office in Liberty. He was joined three years later by colleague Alexander William Doniphan. The two argued cases defending the rights of Mormon settlers in Jackson County, served Northwest Missouri in Missouri's General Assembly, and labored for the addition of the Platte Purchase to Missouri's boundaries. In October 1838, the two were ordered by Governor Lilburn Boggs to arrest Mormon prophet Joseph Smi ...

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Robert FitzRoy was born at Ampton Hall, Suffolk, England into the upper echelons of the British aristocracy and a tradition of public service. Through his father, Lord Charles FitzRoy, Robert was a fourth great-grandson of Charles II of England and his grandfather was Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. His mother was the daughter of the first Marquis of Londonderry and the half-sister of Viscount Castlereagh, who became Home Secretary. From the age of four Robert FitzRoy lived at Wakefield Lodge in Northamptonshire, ...

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Fish was born at what is now known as the Stuyvesant-Fish House in Greenwich Village, New York City, to Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant (a great-great-granddaughter of New Amsterdam's Peter Stuyvesant), and his parents named him after their friend Alexander Hamilton. Nicholas Fish (1758-1833) was a leading Federalist, worked as lawyer and as a New York City alderman from 1806 through 1817, and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He later served as adjutant gener ...

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Around 1450 BC there was cultural activity near Bogotá, in "El Abra". In 1000 BC, groups of Amerindians developed the political system of "cacicazgos" (answering to a figure known as the Cacique) with a pyramidal structure of power, especially in the cases of the Muisca or Chibcha people. They have been considered to have one of the most developed political systems in South America, after the Incas. Spanish explorers made the first exploration of the Caribbean littoral in 1500 led by Rodrigo de Bastidas. Christopher Columbus navigated near ...

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See also List of serial killers before 1900 Although the phenomenon of serial murder is generally regarded as a modern one, it can be traced back in history, albeit with a limited degree of accuracy. In the 15th century, one of the wealthiest men in France, Gille de Rais, is said to have abducted, raped and murdered at least a hundred young boys. The Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory was arrested in 1610 and subsequently charged with torturing and butchering as many as 600 young girls. Although both De Rais and Bá ...

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