1. 1830 The Capulets and the Montagues premieres

2. Chester A. Arthur, the 21 st president of the United States, is born. 1830

3. American poet Emily Dickinson is born. 1830

4. Joseph Smith founds the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) in Fayette, NY. Persecution forces the Mormons to OH, then MO, then IL. They finally settle in Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young. 1830

5. Pope Pius VIII dies. 1830

6. Donizetti’s Anna Bolena is performed in Milan. 1830

7. Hector Berlioz composes his Symphonie fantastique. 1830

8. James Perry obtains a patent for his steel slit pen. 1830

9. French tailor Barthélemy Thimmonier devises a machine for utilitarian stitching. 1830

10. Ladies’ skirts grow shorter; sleeves become enormous; hats are extremely large, ornamented with flowers and ribbons. 1830

11. Stiff collars become part of men’s dress. 1830

12. There are 26 steam cars on the streets of London. 1830

13. Oliver Wendell Holmes writes the poem “Old Ironsides” about the battleship USS Constitution. The poem, which brought the author great popularity, prevented the planned scrapping of the historic vessel. 1830

14. Daniel Emmett composes “Old Dan Tucker,” one of the most popular minstrel tunes ever composed. 1830

15. Joseph E. Worcester, lexicographer, publishes the Comprehensive Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language. 1830

16. Polish composer Frédéric François Chopin debuts in Warsaw with a performance of his Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor. 1830

17. New York manufacturer Peter Cooper builds Tom Thumb America’s first commercially successful seam locomotive. It loses a race against a horse when an engine belt slips. 1830

18. Charles Bell distinguishes nerve types in his book The Nervous System of the Human Body. 1830