1830S

Events and Trends

• Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday
• Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony
• Croquet invented in Ireland
• Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States
• Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria

World Leaders

• Emperor Francis II (Austria)
• Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
• Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
• King Louis-Philippe (France)
• Pope Gregory XVI
• Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
• King William IV (United Kingdom)
• Queen Victoria (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Lord Grey (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (United Kingdom)
• President Andrew Jackson (United States)
• President Martin Van Buren (United States)

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