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What Happened in March 1834

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Historical Events

  • Mar 6 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
  • Mar 9 French Foreign Legion is founded

Darwin Arrives in the Falklands

Mar 16 Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, anchors in the recently British-acquired Falklands Islands for the first time

Naturalist Charles Darwin
  • Mar 18 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 m long)
  • Mar 18 Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union
  • Mar 28 Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
Events in 1834

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 4 (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm, German-Baltic pianist and composer, born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1911)
  • Mar 6 George du Maurier, Franco-British illustrator and writer (Trilby), born in Paris, France (d. 1896)
  • Mar 16 James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)

Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900)

Mar 17 German engineer and inventor, designed 1st motorcycle, born in Schorndorf, Kingdom of Württemberg

Gottlieb Daimler
  • Mar 20 Charles William Eliot, American academic (President of Harvard University, 1869-1909), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1926)
  • Mar 22 Francis Asbury Shoup, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
  • Mar 23 Julius Reubke, German organist, pianist, and composer (Sonata on the 94th Psalm in c), born in Hausneindorf, Germany (d. 1858)
  • Mar 24 John Wesley Powell, American geologist, explorer (Grand Canyon) and ethnologist, born in Mount Morris, New York (d. 1902)
  • Mar 24 William Morris, English arts and Crafts designer, craftsman (championed handmade production), poet and socialist, born in Walthamstow, London, England (d. 1896) [1]
Born in 1834

Famous Weddings

Brigham Young

Mar 31 Religious leader Brigham Young (32) weds herbalist Mary Ann Angell (27)

Brigham Young

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 12 Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, German mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33


What Happened in 1834

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