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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 KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
– 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.
– France invades Algeria.
– Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
– The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroading.
– The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
– Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
– Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
– Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d. 1904)
– Frederick William Seward, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
– Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
– Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)
– Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
– Marianne North, English naturalist and flower painter (d. 1890)