[caption id=“attachment_2203” align=“alignleft” width=“287”] Positive made out of the  first ever negative, of a latticed window at Lacock Abbey in England[/caption]

In the year 1835, the United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history (Jan 8), Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria (Mar 2), the first railway in the continental Europe is opened, between Brussels and Mechelen (May 5), the world’s first photographic negatives are exposed in England (Aug), European settlers, landing at Yarra River in southeastern Australia, found the city of Melbourne (Aug 30), the pencil manufacturer Staedler is founded (Oct 3), settlers in Mexican Texas launch the Texas Revolution (Oct), James Pratt and John Smith are the last to suffer capital punishment for homosexual acts in England (Nov 27), the Second Seminole War led by Osceola breaks out (Dec 28), English becomes the official language in India - and all these fine people were born:

1835-0102 Benjamin Jackson* sailor/ veteran of the American Civil War/farmer - Horton Township, Nova Scotia, British North America (1917/80) 1835-0104 Daniel Edvard Duncker* farmer/statesman - Artjärvi, GD of Finland (1894/59) 1835-0106 Maria Trubnikova* (b Ivasheva) feminist/activist of - Chita, Russian Empire (1897/62) 1835-0110 1835-0114 Emmy Rappe* nurse pioneer - Ålem, Växjö, Sweden (1896/61) 1835-0131 Lunalilo* the sixth monarch of the Hawaiʻi, “The People’s King” - Pohukaina, Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii (1874/39) 1835-0201 Carl Robert Mannerheim* count/manor owner/father of Carl Gustaf Mannerheim - Viborg, GD of Finland (1914/79) 1835-0213 Gustaf Dahl* architect/painter - Stockholm, Sweden (1927/92) 1835-0222 Jeanette Walworth* novelist/journalist - Philadelphia, PA USA (1918/82) 1835-0225 Osbert Salvin* ornithologist/ herpetologist - Finchley, London, England (1898/63) 1835-0302 Antti Törneroos* poet/translator - Iitti, GD of Finland (1896/60) 1835-0307 Daniel Giraud Elliot* zoologist - New York City, NY USA (1915/80) 1835-0312 Simon Newcomb* astronomer/ autodidactic polymath - Wallace, Nova Scotia Canada (1909/74) 1835-0314 Giovanni Schiaparelli* Italian astronomer/science historian - Savigliano, Kingdom of Sardinia (1910/75) 1835-0401 1835-0402 Jacob Nash Victor* civil engineer/ railroad builder - Sandusky County, OH USA (1907/72) 1835-0409 Leopold II of Belgium* the second King of the Belgians - Brussels, Belgium (1909/74) 1835-0410 1835-0419 Julius Krohn* pen name Suonio, folk poetry researcher/ translator/ journalist - Viipuri, GD of Finland (1888/53) 1835-0420 1835-0430 1835-0501 Marie Rée* newspaper publisher - Svalebølle, Langeland, Denmark (1900/65) 1835-0503 Edward Hargitt* ornithologist/ landscape painter - Edinburgh, Scotland (1895/59) 1835-0518 Charles N. Sims* Methodist preacher/chancellor of Syracuse University - Fairfield, IN SA (1908/72) 1835-0525 Lorenz Nikolai Achté* opera singer/composer/father of Aino Ackté - Pori, GD of Finland (1900/64) 1835-0530 Alfred Austin* poet - Headingley, Yorkshire, England (1913/78) 1835-0606 Ștefan Fălcoianu* Romanian army general/War Minister - Bucharest, Wallachia (1905/69) 1835-0612 George Atzerodt* assigned to assassinate Andrew Jackson - Dörna, Thuringia, German Confederation (1865/30) 1835-0614 Nikolai Rubinstein* pianist/composer/conductor - Moscow, Russian Empire (1881/44) 1835-0617 J. A. Folger* businessman/ founder of Folgers Coffee - Nantucket, MA USA (1889/54) 1835-0701 1835-0709 William D. Bloxham* farmer/ politician/Governor of Florida - Leon County, FL USA (1911/75) 1835-0715 1835-0720 Ernest Giles* Australian explorer - Bristol, England (1897/62) 1835-0727 Giosuè Carducci* poet/teacher/N - Valdicastello di Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy (1907/71) 1835-0802 Elisha Gray* inventor/businessman - Barnesville, OH USA (1901/65) 1835-0805 Conrad Kohrs* cattle rancher “Montana’s Cattle King”/politician/ to sea at age 15 - Holstein, Kingdom of Denmark (1920/84) 1935-0819 Tom Wills* Australia’s first cricketer of significance/founder of Australian rules football - Molonglo Plain, NSW Australia (1880/44) 1835-0909 Alfred Rosenbröijer* industrialist/ architect/politician - Helsingin pitäjä, GD of Finland (1931/96) 1835-0925 V. R. Kockström* teacher/maker of schoolbooks - Jääski, GD of Finland (1912/76) 1835-0928 Sai Baba of Shirdi* Indian spiritual master - India (1918/83) place and date of birth in dispute 1835-1004 Jenny Twitchell Kempton* opera singer - Dublin, NH USA (1921/85) 1835-1009 Camille Saint-Saëns* composer/ pianist - Paris, France (1921/86) 1835-1023 Adlai E. Stevenson* politician - Christian County, KY USA (1914/78) 1835-1111 Arthur Lyon Fremantle* British Army officer/witness to the Battle of Gettysburg - Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, England (1901/65) 1835-1125 Andrew Carnegie* Scottish-American industrialist/business magnate/ philanthropist - Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (1919/83) 1835-1130 Mark Twain* (b Samuel Langhorne Clemens) stand-up comedian/writer/lecturer - Florida, MO USA (1910/74) 1835-1201 1835-1204 Samuel Butler* novelist - Langar, Nottinghamshire, England (1902/66) 1835-1210 1835-1213 Antti Ristonpoika Vaittinen** father of Wilhelmiina Aspinen (b Vaittinen)/married to Margaretha Vaittinen (b Käki) - Tervajoki, Pekkala, Viipurin msrk, GD of Finland () 1835-1215 Otto Donner* linguist/politician - Kokkola, GD of Finland (1909/73) 1835-1220 1835-1224 Martin Weibull* teacher/historian - Landskrona, Sweden (1902/66) 1835-1228 Onni Wetterhoff* writer of nature books - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1892/56) 1835-1231 1835-0 1835-0 1835-0 Updated 2025-0106 Helsinki Search for another year here PS. Want to learn more about the history of photography? Then watch this video by COOPH. Please read the comments there as well.