Paterson, New Jersey, children employed at the local silk mills go on strike July 3 to demand an 11-hour day and 6-day work week.
Massachusetts-born Baltimore merchant George Peabody, 40, visits London on business and negotiates a loan of $8 million for Maryland, saving the state from bankruptcy. He refuses a commission and receives a vote of thanks from the state legislature, but Peabody will settle permanently at London in 1837, becoming a dealer in foreign exchange and U.S. securities in competition with Baring Brothers and the Rothschilds (see Great Exhibition, 1851).
Insurance company president Eliphalet Terry of The Hartford travels 100 miles by sleigh to New York in December and personally settles fire-insurance claims against his 25-year-old company. He pledges his own fortune to guarantee payment to all policyholders, building a reputation that will serve the company in good stead. The Hartford will expand into other financial services and survive into the 21st century as the oldest continuously operated U.S. insurance company (see 1861).
Calendar of Events of 1835
January - March
January 1 - Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dollars.
January 7 - HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago, on voyage of 1831-1836 with Charles Darwin.
January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol - first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
February 20 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
March 2 - Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria.
April - June
April 18 - Lord Melbourne succeeds Sir Robert Peel as British Prime Minister.
The Australian city of Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner.
May 5 - In Belgium a railway is opened between Brussels and Mechelen. It is the first railway in continental Europe (see Rail transport in Belgium).
October 2: "Come and take it" - slogan of the Texas Revolution.
December 16: Great Fire of New York.
July - September
August 25 - In US, the New York Sun prints issue 1 of 6 for the Great Moon Hoax.
September 7 - Charles Darwin arrives at the Galapagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle.
September 20 - Farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
October - December
October 2 - Texas Revolution begins: Battle of Gonzales - Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
November 16 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun.
November 19 - A force of 500 Māori invade and enslave the peoples of the Chatham Islands.
December 1 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales.
December 7 - First German Railway opens between Nürnberg and Fürth, named "der Adler" (The Eagle) (see History of rail transport in Germany).
December 9 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio.
December 16-17 - The Great Fire of New York destroys 530 buildings, including the New York Stock Exchange.
December 20 - The first signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence at Goliad, Texas.
December 28 - USA: Second Seminole War breaks out.
Undated
The British Geological Survey is founded as the world's first national geological survey.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Copernicus' book on the motion of the Earth, is removed from the Index of Prohibited Books.
Civil war erupts in Uruguay between supporters of Blanco and Colorado parties.
Cachar Levy, forerunner of Assam Rifles, is founded in India.
The first Bulgarian-language school opens in the Ottoman Empire.
The French word for their language changes to français, from françois.
Fort Cass is established, the military headquarters and site of the largest internment camps during the 1838 Trail of Tears.
October 2, 1835 "Come and Take It"
Slogan of the Texas Revolution
December 16, 1835
The Great Fire of New York
Births
Births
January - June
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February 13 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (d. 1908)
February 15 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president (d. 1908)
February 18 - César Cui, Lithuanian composer (d. 1918)
March 4 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911)
March 14 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
March 15 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
March 24 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)
April 9 - King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
May 3 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
May 21 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
June 2 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
July - December
July 7 - Ernest Giles, Australian explorer (d. 1897)
July 10 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880)
July 27 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
August 2 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman (d. 1901)
October 7 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
October 9 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
October 23 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
October 31 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
November 17 - Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
November 19 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1858)
November 21 - Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d. 1916)
November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
November 29 - Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
November 30 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist (d. 1910)
December 4 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
December 18 - Lyman Abbott, American clergyman and author (d. 1922)
See also Category: 1835 births.
January - June
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February 13 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (d. 1908)
February 15 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president (d. 1908)
February 18 - César Cui, Lithuanian composer (d. 1918)
March 4 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911)
March 14 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
March 15 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
March 24 - Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist, mathematician, and poet (d. 1893)
April 9 - King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
May 3 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
May 21 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
June 2 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
July - December
July 7 - Ernest Giles, Australian explorer (d. 1897)
July 10 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880)
July 27 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
August 2 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman (d. 1901)
October 7 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
October 9 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
October 23 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
October 31 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
November 17 - Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
November 19 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1858)
November 21 - Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d. 1916)
November 25 - Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
November 29 - Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
November 30 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist (d. 1910)
December 4 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
December 18 - Lyman Abbott, American clergyman and author (d. 1922)
See also Category: 1835 births.
Deaths
January - June
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February 15 - Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
March 2 - Emperor Francis I of Austria (b. 1768)
March 18 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
April 8 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist and philosopher (b. 1767)
April 21 - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (b. 1768)
May 13 - John Nash, English architect (b. 1752)
June 18 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
July - December
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July 6 - John Marshall, influential American chief justice (b. 1755)
July 28 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b. 1768)
September 23 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
December 13 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)
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Breezewood, Pennsylvania ~ History 1820 ~ 1836
In the beginning...
Breezewood is truly a result of a crossroads of highways.
But before Breezewood existed, there was a settlement to the east of present Breezewood called Rays Hill (or Nycumtown). John Nycum had bought this piece of land in 1820, later building a small store.
In 1836, he succeeded in establishing the Rays Hill Post Office and served as Postmaster for quite some time. His son Simeon built the first mill in the township, a tub mill. John started a tannery in 1836.
On the western edge of present-day Breezewood was the Maple Lawn Inn, estimated to be about 200 years old. The 22 room building was used as a stage coach stop, and still stands today. The foundation is several feet thick, and the building is 3 to 4 bricks thick.
By 1900, a small settlement of houses had formed in the valley between these two areas. A group of citizens decided on a name for the village so that a post office could be created. If it was a windy day, it would explain the name Breezewood. There were two stores, both to the west on the hill leading to the Maple Lawn Inn.
The "main street" is US Route 30, six lanes wide for its trip through what is known locally as "the strip". Route 30 started as an Indian path, was widened to a packhorse trail, then was improved to a wagon road by British General Forbes - the Forbes Road. From 1814-1821 it was part of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike, a private toll road. It was named The Lincoln Highway in the 1930's as the first nationwide project to pave a highway.
In 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the nation's first super highway, was completed with an interchange at Breezewood, connecting with Route 30. This started making changes in what became known as "the Town of Motels". But Breezewood's real boom came after Interstate 70 was built, using the existing PA Turnpike to travel west. I-70 travelers had to enter the Turnpike to continue west, and turnpike travelers needed to exit at Breezewood if they were using I-70 East. This intersection led to another nickname - "Gateway to the South" - because I-70 led to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and on south. This intersection of three major routes has caused major motel chains, most fast food and restaurant chains, and local businesses, to congregate in this mile-long stretch of highway in a village of approximately 100 people.
The Mt. Zion Lutheran Church (and its cemetery) is the only structure that still remains from before the Turnpike construction began. It was built in 1856, and sits at the eastern edge of the strip. The first tourist business to open was the Gateway Motel and Restaurant. This was built in 1941, just after the turnpike opening, by Merle Snyder.
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January 1835
February 1835
February 2
Edward Douglas White becomes Governor of Louisiana.
Donelson Caffery born in Franklin, La. He will be a soldier of the Confederacy; lawyer and sugar planter of St. Mary Parish, member of the United States Senate (1892-1901).
The Native American movement, viciously bigoted at first, protected the rights of native born Louisianians such as Creoles and later turned to hatred of anything not traditional Anglo-American and Protestant. The movement helped divide New Orleans into three municipalities in 1836 and poisoned ethnic relationships.
Fear of slave insurrection and supposed plotting of subversive abolitionists leads to more restrictive state strictures on racial matters suppressing robust and creative free black population.
March 1835
April 1835
The financial boom during these years (1835-1836) is unparalleled in Louisiana. Making their appearance this year: two new railroads, the St. Charles Hotel, the St. Louis Hotel, and gas street lighting . Six new banks are chartered. The flood of new currency issued by these banks causes inflation.
May 1835
June 1835
Economic supremacy in New Orleans passes to the growing American population.
Englishman James Caldwell’s St. Charles Theater opens near Poydras. It is the largest in the nation and helps New Orleans emerge as a cultural center.
The New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad Company begins operation taking passengers along St. Charles Ave. past the city limits at Felicity St. into Jefferson Parish to the town of Carrollton. The Carrollton Line was chartered and laid out in 1833. The investors in the NO & CRR also were speculators in the subdivision of Carrollton. It is the oldest continuously operated street railway line in the world.
The first St. Charles Hotel built on St. Charles Ave. between Common and Gravier. The six story building designed by James Gallier, Sr. cost $600,000 with interiors costing another $150,000.
The Old Mint Building, Decatur St. at Esplanade Ave., is built in New Orleans. The wrought iron fence was built by Daniel Dana, a black iron smith whose shop was on Julia St.
In 1835 most of the area around Bayou St. John is still too swampy for development and is called back of town.
The Firemen’s Charitable Association is incorporated on March 4, 1835 as a benevolent society by members of the volunteer companies.
July 1835
On July 1, 1835. Caddo Indians ceded about 1,000,000 acres to the U.S. for $80,000 at the Caddo Agency House, By this treaty the Indians also gave to Larkin Edwards, interpreter and friend, a tract of land that later became the site of Shreveport.
August 1835
The Arsenal, erected circa 1835 as a powder magazine for a U.S. Army Post in the Baton Rouge area from 1810-1885, except in 1861-1862 when held by the Confederacy. It is the oldest building on the LSU campus and was used as an agronomy (probably from French agronomie, from agro- + -nomie -nomy: a branch of agriculture dealing with field-crop production and soil management ) building. In 1962 this building was restored and a museum established.
The True American becomes the first newspaper in Louisiana to follow local news and politics on its pages. Previous publications had mostly clipped items from other national and international publications since most local news was generally known before it can be put into print.
Methodist services in Vernon Parish began in 1826. The Grove Methodist Church was organized in 1835 by Reverend James Ford, one of the circuit riders who served it.
September 1835
October 1835
A religious colony, Germantown, is founded near Minden, La. by followers of Count Leon, who came from Germany to operate a communal village which thrives until 1871.
The Caddo Indians agree to sell the U. S. Government around 1 million acres for $80,000 adding to the area of Natchitoches County. The tribe is relocated with the Choctaw in Texas.
November 1835
December 1835
Lands End Plantation, established in 1835 by Colonel Henry Marshall (1805-1864) and his wife Maria Taylor Marshall (1807-1855). The plantation house is built in 1857 and will be used as a hospital for the Battle of Mansfield in 1864.
Marshall was first elected to the legislature in 1844.
This signer of the Louisiana Ordinance of Secession and Confederate Constitution will also be a Member of the Confederate Congress.
The plantation burned in 1989.
Rosedown Plantation, between Baton Rouge and St. Francisville, is built by wealthy planter Daniel Turnbull
George Catlin renown for his paintings of Native Americans is in New Orleans with an exhibition of his work.
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