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[[Image:Talladega city seal.png|right|125px]] | [[Image:Talladega city seal.png|right|125px]] | ||
* [[January 9]]: [[Talladega]] was incorporated. | * [[January 9]]: [[Talladega]] was incorporated. | ||
* [[Allan Cemetery|Isaac Johnson Cemetery]] was established. | |||
=== Business === | === Business === | ||
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===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
* [[March 21]]: [[George Edwards]], "Father of [[Brighton]]" | * [[March 21]]: [[George Edwards]], "Father of [[Brighton]]" | ||
* [[June 6]]: [[A. C. Oxford]], photographer | |||
* [[July 22]]: [[Edmund Rucker]], Confederate officer and businessman | * [[July 22]]: [[Edmund Rucker]], Confederate officer and businessman | ||
* [[William Ward]], Confederate officer and attorney | * [[William Ward]], Confederate officer and attorney | ||
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* January: [[Edward Tatum]], Revolutionary War veteran | * January: [[Edward Tatum]], Revolutionary War veteran | ||
* [[David Lindsay]], Revolutionary War veteran and pioneer | * [[David Lindsay]], Revolutionary War veteran and pioneer | ||
* [[Fannie Johnson]], wife of [[Isaac Johnson]], of yellow fever | |||
== Context == | == Context == | ||
In 1835, the United States public debt contracted to $0 for the only time in history. An assassination was attempted against President Andrew Jackson, the first assassination attempt against a President. Ferdinand became Emperor of Austria. Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands aboard the ''HMS Beagle''. Halley's Comet visited the inner solar system. | In 1835, the United States public debt contracted to $0 for the only time in history. An assassination was attempted against President Andrew Jackson, the first assassination attempt against a President. Ferdinand became Emperor of Austria. Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands aboard the ''HMS Beagle''. Halley's Comet visited the inner solar system. The Cosigüina volcano in Nicaragua erupted. Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales. The Second Seminole War began. | ||
Notable births in 1835 included composer Eduard Strauss, Pope Pius X, inventor Elisha Gray, composer Camille Saint-Saëns, chemist Adolf von Baeyer, businesswoman Hetty Green, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, writer Mark Twain, and novelist Samuel Butler. Notable deaths included Emperor Francis I of Austria, linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, industrialist Samuel Slater, architect John Nash, Chief Justice John Marshall, and composer Vincenzo Bellini. | Notable births in 1835 included composer Eduard Strauss, Pope Pius X, inventor Elisha Gray, composer Camille Saint-Saëns, chemist Adolf von Baeyer, businesswoman Hetty Green, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, writer Mark Twain, and novelist Samuel Butler. Notable deaths included Emperor Francis I of Austria, linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, industrialist Samuel Slater, architect John Nash, Chief Justice John Marshall, and composer Vincenzo Bellini. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:27, 20 December 2023
1835 was 36 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 16th year of Alabama statehood.
Events
- January 9: Talladega was incorporated.
- Isaac Johnson Cemetery was established.
Business
- Washington Hall was bought by Charles Patterson.
Government
- Baylis Grace was re-elected as circuit clerk at Elyton.
- Bolling Hall was made an inspector general of the Alabama State Militia.
- November 21: Clement Comer Clay succeeded John Gayle as governor.
Religion
- Thomas D. Armstrong ended his tenure as pastor of Ruhama Baptist Church.
- Hosea Holcombe was tapped by the Alabama Baptist State Convention to write a history of the Baptist church in Alabama.
Works
Buildings
Individuals
- As a boy, John Terry and his family relocated their farm to Alabama, settling near Pickensville in Pickens County.
- William Walker Sr began working a plantation owned by George Green.
Births
- March 21: George Edwards, "Father of Brighton"
- June 6: A. C. Oxford, photographer
- July 22: Edmund Rucker, Confederate officer and businessman
- William Ward, Confederate officer and attorney
Deaths
- January: Edward Tatum, Revolutionary War veteran
- David Lindsay, Revolutionary War veteran and pioneer
- Fannie Johnson, wife of Isaac Johnson, of yellow fever
Context
In 1835, the United States public debt contracted to $0 for the only time in history. An assassination was attempted against President Andrew Jackson, the first assassination attempt against a President. Ferdinand became Emperor of Austria. Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle. Halley's Comet visited the inner solar system. The Cosigüina volcano in Nicaragua erupted. Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales. The Second Seminole War began.
Notable births in 1835 included composer Eduard Strauss, Pope Pius X, inventor Elisha Gray, composer Camille Saint-Saëns, chemist Adolf von Baeyer, businesswoman Hetty Green, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, writer Mark Twain, and novelist Samuel Butler. Notable deaths included Emperor Francis I of Austria, linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, industrialist Samuel Slater, architect John Nash, Chief Justice John Marshall, and composer Vincenzo Bellini.
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