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Historical Event(s)
– Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
– Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
– Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
– 1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, proclaimed a revelation recommending polygamy.
– Brunel’s steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
– The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
– In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
– The British arrest the Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy to commit crimes.
– Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
– Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol goes on sale.
Who Were Born On ?
– Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
– Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
– William McKinley, American politician, 39th Governor of Ohio, and 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
– Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and essayist (d. 1901)
– William Henry Jackson, American photographer (d. 1942)
– Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
– Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)
– Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
– Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist; father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
– Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)