WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1829
Find out what all happened May to December 1829

HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba. (5. June 1829)

The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded. (29. September 1829)

South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools. (1. October 1829)

The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place. (10. June 1829)

Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials. (8. October 1829)

In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. (23. July 1829)

The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War. (14. September 1829)

Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico. This was the final consummation of Mexican independence. (11. September 1829)

First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking. (30. November 1829)

After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. (2. May 1829)

In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. (4. December 1829)

Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire. (23. May 1829)