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The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa. Britain saw a surge of power and world dominance, as Queen Victoria took to the throne in 1837.
Events. January 11 – LaGrange College (now the University of North Alabama) opens, becoming the first publicly chartered college in Alabama. January 12–27 – Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina debates the question of states' rights vs. federal authority with Daniel Webster of Massachusetts in the United States Congress.
The 1830 United States census, the fifth census undertaken in the United States, was conducted on June 1, 1830. The only loss of census records for 1830 involved some countywide losses in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Mississippi.
United States History Timeline, the 1830's, Conquering the West, includes the top events of each year of the decade, including the 1837 Economic Panic, causing bank failures and record unemployment.
- May 30, 1830: The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. The law led to the relocation of Indigenous peoples which became known as the "Trail of Tears."
- January 1, 1831: William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. Garrison would become one of America's leading abolitionists, though he was often derided as someone on the fringe of society.
- January 13, 1832: American author Horatio Alger was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. April 1831: The Black Hawk war began on the American frontier. The conflict would mark the only military service of Abraham Lincoln.
- March 4, 1833: Andrew Jackson took the oath of office as president for the second time. Summer 1833: Charles Darwin, during his voyage aboard H.M.S.
The United States became a continental nation with the purchase of Louisiana from France in 1803 and the settlement of the lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Westward expansion fueled conflict with Native populations and led to their forced removal.
An overview of the plans for and conduct of the 1830 decennial census and any issues that arose as a result of the enumeration.
