     __notoc__ year 1829 (mdcccxxix) was a common year starting on thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the gregorian calendar and a common year starting on tuesday of the 12-day slower julian calendar. == events == === january&ndash;march === * january 19 &ndash; august klingemann's adaptation of johann wolfgang von goethe's faust premieres in braunschweig. * february 27 &ndash; battle of tarqui took place. * march 4 &ndash; andrew jackson succeeds john quincy adams as the seventh president of the united states. * march 11 &ndash; felix mendelssohn performs st matthew passion. the success of this performance sparks a revival of interest in the music of johann sebastian bach. * march 22 &ndash; greece receives autonomy from the ottoman empire in the london protocol, signed by russia, france and britain, effectively ending the greek war of independence. greece continues to seek full independence through diplomatic negotiations with the three great powers. * march 31 &ndash; pope pius viii succeeds pope leo xii as the 253rd pope. === april&ndash;june === * april&ndash;september &ndash; felix mendelssohn pays his first visit to britain. this includes the first london performance of his concert overture to a midsummer night's dream and his trip to fingal's cave. * april 1 &ndash; vicente guerrero becomes the president of mexico. * april 4 &ndash; the mexican city of cuautla, morelos, is founded. * april 13 - passage of the catholic relief act by parliament of the united kingdom granting a substantial measure of catholic emancipation in britain and ireland. * may 6 &ndash; the patent for an instrument called the accordion is applied for by [http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/history/demian.html cyrill de
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