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What Happened in June 1834

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Historical Events

  • Jun 1 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
  • Jun 2 5th national black convention meets (NYC)
  • Jun 8 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn
  • Jun 14 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross of Dixfield, Maine
  • Jun 14 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
  • Jun 15 Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews

Reaping Machine

Jun 21 American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine

Inventor of the Mechanical Reaper Cyrus McCormick
  • Jun 25 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published
  • Jun 30 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Events in 1834

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 8 George Garrett, English composer, born in Winchester, England (d. 1897)
  • Jun 10 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), born in Amsterdam (d. 1923)
  • Jun 16 Wesley Merritt, American Major General (Union Army), 1st American Military Governor of the Philippines, born in New York City (d. 1910)
  • Jun 19 Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist, born in Kelvedon, Essex, England (d. 1892)
Born in 1834

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 9 William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)
  • Jun 10 Antonius van Gils, Dutch Roman Catholic theologist (against Relief), dies at 75
  • Jun 28 Joseph BovĂ©, Russian architect (b. 1784)


What Happened in 1834

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