On This Day

<<

What Happened in August 1830

>>

Historical Events

Abdication of Charles X

Aug 2 Charles X of France abdicates in favour of his grandson the Duc de Bordeaux

King of France Charles X
  • Aug 4 Plans for city of Chicago laid out
  • Aug 9 Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X
  • Aug 25 Belgium revolts against Netherlands and begins the Belgian Revolution

Horse in Race Against a Train

Aug 28 1st American built locomotive, "Tom Thumb" races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won!

All aboard: Passengers enjoy their ride in a carriage pulled by the replica Tom Thumb

Events in 1830

Famous Birthdays

Franz Joseph I (1830-1916)

Aug 18 Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1848-1916), born in Vienna, Austria

Franz Joseph I
  • Aug 19 Julius Lothar Meyer, German Chemist who developed the first periodic table of chemical elements independently of Dimitri Mendeleev, born in Varel Oldenburg (d. 1895)
Born in 1830

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 3 Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer, arranger, and organist, dies at 68
  • Aug 12 Franz de Paula Roser, Austrian composer and conductor, dies at 50
  • Aug 27 Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, commits suicide at 74


What Happened in 1830

Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.