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Historical Event(s)
– The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
– President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
– Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
– The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
– Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
– The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
– In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
– A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
– Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
– Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer (d. 1896)
– Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
– Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893)
– St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916)
– William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
– Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
– Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (d. 1883)
– Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
– José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
– Bruce Price, American architect (d. 1903)