What happened in 1834

12 events　North America 3, Europe 7, Middle East 1, Latin America 1

Highlights of 1834

Jan 1EuropeZollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
Apr 14North AmericaThe Whig Party is officially named by United States Senator Henry Clay.
May 19Middle EastThe Peasants' Revolt in Egyptian-ruled Palestine begins; it is suppressed in August.
Aug 1EuropeSlavery is abolished in the British Empire, by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
Sep 13Latin AmericaThe Gleaner newspaper is first published in Jamaica.
North AmericaThomas Davenport, inventor of the first American DC electrical motor, installs his motor in a small model car, creating one of the first electric cars.

Feb 3Wake Forest University is founded as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Apr 14The Whig Party is officially named by United States Senator Henry Clay.
Thomas Davenport, inventor of the first American DC electrical motor, installs his motor in a small model car, creating one of the first electric cars.

Jan 1Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
Apr 22Spain, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom sign the Quadruple Alliance.
Aug 1Slavery is abolished in the British Empire, by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
Aug 14The Poor Law Amendment Act in the United Kingdom states that no able-bodied British man can receive assistance, unless he enters a workhouse (a kind of poorhouse).
Oct 16The Palace of Westminster in London is destroyed by fire, along with both the House of Commons and the House of Lords (which are not in session) of the British Parliament. An investigation later traces the disaster to an order from the Exchequer to the Board of Works to destroy the tally sticks that had been stored as part of record keeping, the use of the furnaces beneath the House of Lords to carry out the task, and the failure of authorities to stop the work or to fight the fire after smoke had first been detected, the conclusion being that the fire was "wholly attributable to carelessness and negligence."
Dec 3The Zollverein institutes the first regular census in Germany. The population is 23,478,120.
Charles Babbage begins the conceptual design of the Analytical Engine, a mechanical forerunner of the modern computer. It will not be built in his lifetime.

May 19The Peasants' Revolt in Egyptian-ruled Palestine begins; it is suppressed in August.