What happened in 1830

16 events World 1, Japan 1, North America 2, Europe 10, Middle East 1, Africa 1

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Highlights of 1830

World1

  • Nov 29The Polish November Uprising begins in Warsaw against Russian rule.

Japan1

  • Sogo, a Japanese department store brand founded in Osaka, Japan, as predecessor part of Seven & I Retail Group.

North America2

  • Mar 26The Book of Mormon, subtitled "An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi", is first published, with E. B. Grandin printing the original edition in Palmyra, New York.
  • Apr 6Joseph Smith and five others organize the Church of Christ (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), the first formally organized church of the Latter Day Saint movement, in northwestern New York.

Europe10

  • May 15The Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS) is founded.
  • Jun 26William IV succeeds his brother George IV, as King of the United Kingdom.
  • Jul 26The July Revolution in France begins when people in Paris rebel against the July Ordinances, issued earlier in the day at Saint-Cloud by King Charles X of France.
  • Jul 29"The Three Glorious Days" of the July Revolution in France end with establishment of a provisional government in Paris.
  • Aug 25The Belgian Revolution begins in Brussels with revolts against King William I of the Netherlands.
  • Sep 26Belgian Revolution: The army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands fails to retake Brussels; a National Congress is summoned to draw up a Constitution and a Provisional Government of Belgium is established under Charles Latour Rogier.
  • Oct 4Belgian Revolution: The Provisional Government in Brussels declares the creation of the independent state of Belgium.
  • Nov 22On what becomes called "the Ustertag", men of the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland gather to demand a new constitution.
  • Dec 5Hector Berlioz's most famous work, Symphonie fantastique, has its world premiere in Paris.
  • Dec 20The independence of Belgium is recognized by the Great Powers.

Middle East1

  • Feb 3The London Protocol establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire, as the result of the Greek War of Independence.

Africa1

  • Jul 5French invasion of Algiers, leading to creation of French Algeria.