1829 Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Greece Country Formation Date 1829 Greece Ottoman Empire 1829

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Locomotive 1829 United Kingdom Europe Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 George Stephenson

Database: Catholic Pope History

Record Name Birthplace Burial Origin Religion Number Pontiff Time Periord Years Birthdate Death Date
Pope 252 Leo XII Castello della Genga (Spoleto), Italy St. Peter's Basilica Italy Catholic 252 Leo XII 1823-1829 5 1760 2/10/1829
Pope 253 Pius VIII Cingoli, Italy St. Peter's Basilica Italy Catholic 253 Pius VIII 1829-1830 1 11/20/1761 11/30/1830

Database: Tallest Churches in the World

Record Name Year Complete City Country Church Height (Meters) Height (Feet) Source
St. Nikolajs 1829 Copenhagen Denmark St. Nikolajs 90.0 m 295 ft Wikipedia

Database: Periodic Table of the Elements

Record Name Symbol Group Number Melting Point Boiling Point Density Year Discovered Atomic Weight % of Earth's Crust
Thorium Th 102 90 1750 4790 11.72 1829 232.0381

Database: US Presidents

Record Name Birth State Religion Political Party Died Country Term Start Term Finish Birthdate Date of Death Inauguration Age Age at Death Number
J. Q. Adams MASSACHUSETTS Unitarian Democratic Republican Died after Office United States 1825 1829 7/11/1767 2/23/1848 57 80 6
Jackson S.C. Presbyterian Democrat Died after Office United States 1829 1837 3/15/1767 6/8/1845 61 78 7
Arthur VERMONT Episcopalian Repubilican Died after Office United States 1881 1885 10/5/1829 11/18/1886 50 56 21

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