What Happened in 1829

Davis Takes First Assignment on the Banks of the Red Cedar River

Davis was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin. His first assignment, in 1829, was to supervise the... Read more

Douglass Begins Work in Shipyard as General Assistant

Very soon after I went to Baltimore to live, Master Hugh [Auld] succeeded in getting me hired to Mr. William Gardiner, an extensive ship builder on... Read more

Pope Leo XII dies

The Collegio Romano was restored to the efficient hands of the Jesuits in 1824; the Free-masons and other secret societies were condemned in 1825;... Read more

Joseph Jefferson Is Born

Comic actor Joseph Jefferson, one of the most well-known American stage personalities of the nineteenth century, was born into a family of actors... Read more

Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as the seventh president of the United States

The election of Andrew Jackson was heralded as a new page in the history of the Republic. The first military leader elected President since George... Read more

Francesco Castiglioni (Pius VIII) elected Pope

Pope Pius VIII (20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830), born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, was Pope in 1829 and 1830. After the death of Pope Leo... Read more

Joseph Smith Jr. Meets Oliver Cowdery

Cowdery met Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 5, 1829, (one year and a day before the official founding of the church) and heard from him how he had... Read more

James Smithson Dies

British scientist James Smithson died on June 27, 1829. He left an endowment "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the... Read more

Founding of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) of London, Commonly Known as Scotland Yard

Metropolitan Police patrols took to the streets on 29 September 1829, despite resistance from certain elements of the community who saw them to be... Read more

Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message To Congress

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of Jackson's presidency was his policy regarding American Indians. Jackson was a leading advocate of a policy... Read more

Lee Serves as Engineer at Fort Pulaski

Destined to be one of the most illustrious graduates of West Point, a young Virginian awaited assignment in the mid-summer of 1829 to his first... Read more