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Historical Event(s)
– University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
– King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
– The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
– The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
– Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
– Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
– The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
– The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
– The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
– The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
Who Were Born On ?
– King Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
– Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
– Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
– Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)
– Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
– Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909)
– Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
– Ernest Myers, English poet, Classicist and author (d. 1921)
– Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian (d. 1932)
– Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)