r months after; succeeded by Lord
Goderich. National Guard disbanded in France. Defeat of the
Greek army before Athens. Battle of Navarino. Foundation of
the University of London. Death of the Duke of York; of La
Place; of Mitford, the Historian; of Eichhorn; of
Pestalozzi; of Beethoven; of King Frederic Augustus of
Saxony.
1828.--Dissolution of Lord Goderich's Ministry, and new one
formed under the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Peel and the Earl
of Aberdeen. Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. New
Corn Law. Riots in Ireland. Mr. O'Connell represents the
County of Clare. New and Liberal ministry in France. Final
departure of the French Armies from Spain. War between
Naples and Tripoli. War between Russia and Turkey.
Independence of Greece. Death of Ypsilanti.
1829.--Inauguration of President Jackson. Passage of the
Catholic Emancipation Bill. New and Ultra-Royalist ministry
in France, under Polignac. Victories of Count Diebitsch
against the Turks. Surrender of Adrianople. Civil War in
Mexico. Don Miguel acknowledged as King of Portugal by
Spain. Burning of York Cathedral. Treaty between the United
States and Brazil. Civil War in Chili. Death of Judge
Washington.
1830.--Great discussions in Congress on the Tariff. Reform
Agitations in England. Death of George IV., (June 26.) New
Whig Ministry under Earl Grey and Lord John Russell. Opening
of the Liverpool Railroad. Revolution in France, and the
Duke of Orleans declared King. Capture of Algiers by the
French. Belgium erected into an independent Kingdom. Riots
and Insurrections in Germany. Plots of the Carlists in
Spain. Murder of Joseph White. Death of Pope Leo XII.; of
the King of Naples; of Sir Thomas Lawrence; of the Grand
Duke of Baden.
1831.--Dissolution of the Cabinet at Washington. Great
discussions on the Reform Bill. Agitations in Ireland.
Leopold made King of Belgium. Insurrection in Switzerland.
Revolution in Poland. Treaty between the United States and
Turkey. Coronation of William IV. Appearance of the Cholera
in England. Its great ravages on the Continent. Death of
Bolivar; of Robert Hall; of Mrs. Siddons; of William Roscoe;
of James Monroe.
1832.--Veto of President Jackson of the Bill to recharter
the United States Bank. Discontents in S
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