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Historical Event(s)
– Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
– Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
– Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
– Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
– Gaetano Donizetti’s opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
– The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
– York Minster is badly damaged by fire
– Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
– Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
– Titu Maiorescu, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1917)
– John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914)
– Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
– Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867)
– Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (d. 1902)
– Dimitri Pisarev, Russian writer and social critic (d. 1868)
– Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
– Namık Kemal, Turkish nationalist poet (d. 1888)