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Historical Event(s)
– Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
– Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rush.
– Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
– Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
– Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
– The first America’s Cup is won by the yacht America.
– William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel (moon) orbiting Uranus.
– The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliot Bay to what would become Seattle, Washington.
– Library of Congress burns.
– The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Who Were Born On ?
– Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1925)
– Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
– Millie and Christine McCoy, Conjoined twins (d. 1912)
– Sam Bass, American train robber and outlaw (d. 1878)
– Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
– Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d. 1895)
– Lovisa of Sweden, queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
– Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian Cardinal (d. 1926)
– Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino orator and satirist (d. 1896)
– Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician (d. 1929)