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History in the 1830s
 The following events occurred in the decade beginning in 1830. These are the events that shaped the world during the lives of your ancestors, both here in the United States and throughout the world. If you've ever wondered who your ancestors voted for, what their primary mode of transportation was, and how they received the news of their day — this may give you a clue.
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- Joseph Smith, Jr. and five others organize the Church of Christ, the first formally-organized church of the Latter Day Saint movement, in upstate New York (6 April 1830)
- US congress passes the Indian Removal Act (28 May 1830)
- Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut is founded (1831)
- Cholera breaks out in London, claiming at least 3000 victims. It spreads to France and North America later this year (12 Feb 1832)
- Andrew Jackson sworn in as President of the United States, for second term (4 March 1833)
- Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol - first assassination attempt against a President of the United States (30 Jan 1835)
- Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales (1 Dec 1835)
- Samuel Colt receives an American patent for the Colt revolver (25 Feb 1836)
- Arkansas is the 25th state admitted in the United States of America (15 June 1836)
- Martin Van Buren succeeds Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States of America (4 March 1837)
- American abolitionist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy is killed by a proslavery mob (7 Nov 1837)
- The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia (11 Nov 1839)
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