9th » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
16th » Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London Burning of Parliament named burns to the ground.
28th » The Battle of Pinjarra is fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1834
8th » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)