What Happened in 1835 — Events, Births & Deaths

HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.

Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.

In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.

Serbia's Sretenje Constitution briefly comes into effect.

Elias Lönnrot signs and dates the foreword to the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called Old Kalevala.

The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.

Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.

The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.

The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).

Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.

The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.