Timeline April 1834

Events in April 1834 3

• 1834 Whig Party Founded in the United States Opposition coalition forms against Andrew Jackson Opponents of President Andrew Jackson's expansion of executive power coalesced into the Whig Party in 1834, taking their name from the British party associated with resistance to royal authority. The new party brought together former National Republicans and anti-Jackson Democrats. It would contest American elections for two decades before splintering over slavery.
• 1834 British East India Company Loses Its China Trade Monopoly Charter Act of 1833 takes effect Provisions of the Charter Act of 1833 took effect, stripping the British East India Company of its monopoly on trade with China and ending its remaining commercial functions in India. The Company continued as an administrative body governing British India under Crown oversight. The change opened Asian trade to private British merchants.
• 1834 Quadruple Alliance Signed Against Iberian Pretenders Britain, France, Spain and Portugal ally against Carlists and Miguelites Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal signed the Quadruple Alliance to support the liberal governments of Isabella II of Spain and Maria II of Portugal against the rival claims of Don Carlos and Dom Miguel. The pact committed naval and diplomatic support to help suppress the Carlist and Miguelite risings. It reinforced liberal constitutional rule on the Iberian Peninsula.