Rulers:
• Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837)
• Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844)
Events:
• October 16: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons in London, England.
Births:
• Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
• Morris, William (1834-1896)
• Ponchielli, Amilcare (1834-1886)
• Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902)
• Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903)
Deaths:
• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
Music:
• Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Harold en Italie (1834)
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Carnaval (1834-35)
Art:
• Constable, John (1776-1837): Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1833-36)
• Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Vue du Quai des Esclavons (1834)
• Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863): Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement (1834)
• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1834-35)
• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore (1834)