Editing 1830s (section)

=== Transportation ===

==== Rail ====
* [[September 15]], [[1830]] – The [[Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens]], the world's first intercity [[passenger railway]] operated solely by [[steam locomotive]]s.
* [[1834]] – The [[Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad]] is chartered in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historync.org/railroad-WWRR.htm|title=Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)|work=North Carolina Business History|year=2006|access-date=2011-12-02}}</ref>
* [[Railroad]] construction begins in earnest in the United States.
* [[May 5]], [[1835]] – [[Rail transport in Belgium]]: a railway is opened between [[Brussels]] and [[Mechelen]], the first in [[continental Europe]].
* [[December 7]], [[1835]] – The [[Bavarian Ludwig Railway]] opens between [[Nuremberg]] and [[Fürth]], with a train hauled by ''Der Adler'' ("''The Eagle''"), the [[History of rail transport in Germany|first railway in Germany]].
* [[December 21]], [[1835]] – The [[Raleigh and Gaston Railroad]] is chartered in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historync.org/railroads.htm|title=Railroads — prior to the Civil War|work=North Carolina Business History|year=2006|access-date=2011-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152211/http://historync.org/railroads.htm|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[February 8]], [[1836]] – [[London and Greenwich Railway]] opens its first section, the first railway in [[London]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=R. H. G.|title=London's First Railway – The London & Greenwich|year=1972|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=0-7134-0468-X}}</ref>
* [[July 13]], [[1836]] – The first numbered {{US patent|1}} (after filing 9,957 unnumbered patents) is granted, to [[John Ruggles]] for improvements to railroad [[steam locomotive]] tires.
* [[July 21]], [[1836]] – The [[Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad]] opens between [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu|St. John]] and [[La Prairie, Quebec]], the first steam-worked passenger railroad in [[British North America]].
* [[October 25]], [[1836]] – Construction begins on the [[Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad]] in [[North Carolina]]. Due to a lack of support in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], the route is revised to run from [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] to the [[Petersburg Railroad]] in [[Weldon, North Carolina|Weldon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historync.org/railroad-WWRR.htm|publisher=CommunicationSolutions/ISI|title=Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)|work=North Carolina Business History|year=2006|access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref>

==== Flight ====
* [[May 24]], [[1832]] – Francois Arban, early French balloonist makes his 1st ascent.<ref>{{cite web|last=Recks|first=Robert|title=Who's Who of Ballooning|url=http://www.ballooninghistory.com/whoswho/who%27swho-a.html|access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref>

==== Automobile ====
* [[1834]] – [[Thomas Davenport (inventor)|Thomas Davenport]], the inventor of the first American [[Direct current|DC]] electrical motor, installs his motor in a small model car, creating one of the first [[electric car]]s.

==== Steamships ====
* [[August 18]], [[1833]] – The [[Canada|Canadian]] ship [[SS Royal William|SS ''Royal William'']] sets out from [[Pictou, Nova Scotia]], on a 25-day passage of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] largely under steam to [[Gravesend, Kent]], [[England]].
* [[April 4]] – [[April 22]], [[1838]] – The [[paddle steamer]] [[SS Sirius (1837)|SS ''Sirius'' (1837)]] makes the [[Transatlantic Crossing]] to [[New York City|New York]] from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland]], in eighteen days, though not using steam continuously.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steamship Curaçao|url=http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html|access-date=2011-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224202256/http://vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html | archive-date=24 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – [[April 23]], [[1838]] – [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s paddle steamer [[SS Great Western|SS ''Great Western'']] (1838) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from [[Avonmouth]], [[England]], in fifteen days, inaugurating a regular steamship service.<ref name="web.archive.org 1820-1840"/>