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Historical Event(s)
– The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
– The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol.
– The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
– The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.
– The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It is the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
– The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland.
– President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
– The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
– St. Catherine Laboure experiences a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands.
– November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule in Poland begins.
Who Were Born On ?
– Albert Bierstadt, German/American painter (d. 1902)
– Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
– Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
– Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889)
– Guido Gezelle, Flemish poet and priest (d. 1899)
– Frederick William Seward, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
– Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
– William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
– Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)
– Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)