What is 1835?
{{Year nav|1835}} {{Year in various calendars|1835}} {{Year article header|1835}} == Events == * [[January 1]] – [[Ole Pedersen Hoiland]] breaks into the [[Bank of Norway]] and steals 64.000 dalers ([[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dollar]]s) * [[January 30]] – Unsuccessful [[assassination]] attempt against [[President (United States)|President]] [[Andrew Jackson]] in the [[United States Capitol]] – first assassination attempt against a [[President (United States)|President of the United States]]. * [[February 20]] – [[Concepción, Chile]] is destroyed by an [[earthquake]] * [[March 2]] – [[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand]] becomes Emperor of [[Austria]]. * [[April 18]] – [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Lord Melbourne]] becomes the new [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]]. * [[May 5]] – In [[Belgium]] a railroad opens from [[Brussels]] to [[Mechelen]]. It is the first railway in [[continental Europe]]. * [[May 6]] – [[James Gordon Bennett, Sr.]] makes the first issue of the ''[[New York Herald]]''. * [[July 4]] – The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] finishes the [[Thomas Viaduct]], at the time the longest bridge in the United States, and the second longest in the world. ([[London Bridge]] was the longest in the world at the time) * [[September 7]] – [[Charles Darwin]] gets to the [[Galapagos Islands]] aboard [[HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']]. * [[October 2]] – [[Texas Revolution]] begins: [[Battle of Gonzales]] – [[Mexico|Mexican]] soldiers try to get the people of [[Gonzales, Texas]] to give up their weapons, but the Texans fight back * [[December 9]] – The Army of the [[Republic of Texas]] captures [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]. * [[December 16]] – Fire in [[New York City]] destroys 530 buildings * [[December 19]] – [[Toledo Blade]] newspaper begins publishing. * [[December 28]] – [[Seminole]] fighter [[Osceola]] and his warriors attack U.S. government agent Thompson outside Fort King in Central [[Florida]], starting the [[Second Seminole War]]. * The State of [[Ohio]] and the [[Michigan