War & RuptureThe 1830s

War & Rupture in the 1830s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 1830s — 10 of them, drawn from 9 nations, running from 1830 to 1839. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
10
Nations
9
Earliest
1830
Latest
1839
Africa
3
South America
3
Asia
2
Europe
1
North America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. — Europe:

    Poland

    The November Uprising

    Poles in the Russian partition rose against the tsar; after initial successes the rising was crushed, bringing reprisals, the end of the Kingdom's autonomy and a wave of political exile.

    Era: The Partitions and the Long Fight for Independence

    Sources: History of Poland (1795-1918) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. — South America:

    Falkland Islands

    USS Lexington raid on Port Louis

    Reacting to the seizure of American sealing ships, the U.S. warship Lexington under Commander Silas Duncan arrived at Port Louis, arrested Vernet's deputy Matthew Brisbane and six others, and took 38 members of the colony to Montevideo and Buenos Aires at their request.

    Era: Buenos Aires, Vernet, and 1833

    Sources: Duncan, Silas · Dictionary of Falklands Biography, Falkland Islands — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. — North America:

    Jamaica

    The Baptist War

    Samuel Sharpe leads a Christmas rebellion of tens of thousands; its suppression hastens the end of slavery in the empire.

    Era: Sugar, Slavery, and Resistance

    Sources: Jamaica: British rule · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. — South America:

    Uruguay

    Massacre of the Charrua at Salsipuedes

    Government forces ambush and massacre the Charrua at Salsipuedes, a campaign that destroyed them as a distinct people and is remembered as a foundational injustice.

    Era: Blancos, Colorados, and the Guerra Grande

    Sources: Charrua · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Uruguay: The struggle for national identity · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. — Africa:

    Algeria

    Abd al-Qadir's resistance

    Proclaimed amir in 1832, Abd al-Qadir builds a state across much of Algeria and leads armed resistance to the French until his surrender in 1847.

    Era: French Conquest and Settler Colony

    Sources: Abdelkader · Encyclopaedia Britannica, France Conquers Algeria · EBSCO Research Starters

  6. — Africa:

    Botswana

    Ndebele raids under Mzilikazi

    Mzilikazi's Ndebele raid Tswana communities through the 1830s, capturing cattle, women and children before migrating north across the Limpopo.

    Era: The Tswana Nations and the Difaqane

    Sources: Matabele Wars 1836–1896 · South African History Online, Matabeleland: The Ndebele Empire in Southern Africa · World History Encyclopedia

  7. — Asia:

    Kazakhstan

    Kenesary Kasymov's revolt

    Kenesary Kasymov, a grandson of Ablai Khan, leads the largest Kazakh uprising against Russian rule, fighting to restore the independent khanate until he is killed in 1847.

    Era: The Russian Conquest of the Steppe

    Sources: History of Kazakhstan · Encyclopædia Britannica, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Country Studies · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

  8. — Africa:

    South Africa

    Battle of Blood River

    A Voortrekker commando under Andries Pretorius defeated a large Zulu army at the Ncome (Blood) River, a battle long mythologised in Afrikaner nationalism and preceding the rise of Boer republics.

    Era: British rule, the Mfecane, the Zulu kingdom and the Boer republics

    Sources: Origins of the Battle of Blood River 1838 · South African History Online, South Africa (country, history and government) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  9. — Asia:

    Afghanistan

    First Anglo-Afghan War

    Britain invades to install a friendly ruler but is overwhelmed; a British-Indian force is destroyed during its disastrous 1842 retreat from Kabul, an early clash of the Great Game.

    Era: The Durrani Empire and the Great Game

    Sources: Anglo-Afghan Wars — History, Significance & Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  10. — South America:

    Uruguay

    The Guerra Grande

    The rivalry of Colorados and Blancos erupts into the Guerra Grande; the Blanco Oribe besieges Montevideo for nine years while the Colorados, aided by foreign legions, hold the city.

    Era: Blancos, Colorados, and the Guerra Grande

    Sources: Uruguay: The struggle for national identity · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Uruguay · Encyclopaedia Britannica