Editing 1830 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 11]] – LaGrange College (later the [[University of North Alabama]]) begins operation, becoming the first publicly chartered college in [[Alabama]].
* [[January 12]] – [[Webster–Hayne debate]]: In the [[United States Congress]], [[Robert Y. Hayne]] of [[South Carolina]] debates against [[Daniel Webster]] of [[Massachusetts]] about the question of states' rights vs. federal authority. The debate lasts until –[[January 27]].
* [[February 3]] – The [[London Protocol (1830)|London Protocol]] establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the [[Ottoman Empire]], as the result of the [[Greek War of Independence]].
* [[February 5]] – A fire destroys the [[Argyll Rooms]] in [[London]], where the Philharmonic Society of London presents concerts, but firefighters are able to prevent its further spread by use of their new equipment, steam-powered fire engines.<ref name=Fires>{{cite book|chapter=Fires, Great|title=The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance|editor=Walford, Cornelius|publisher=C. and E. Layton|year=1876|page=72}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – ''[[Book of Mormon|The Book of Mormon]]'', subtitled "An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi",  is first published, with E. B. Grandin printing the original edition in [[Palmyra (town), New York|Palmyra, New York]].
* [[March 28]] – The [[Java War]] ends.