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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.
– The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
– Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
– Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
– Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
– The city of Des Moines, Iowa is incorporated as Fort Des Moines.
– William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel (moon) orbiting Uranus.
– French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
– The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
Who Were Born On ?
– A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)
– John Sebastian Little, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas and 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)
– Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (d. 1931)
– Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
– Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
– Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1925)
– Sam Bass, American train robber and outlaw (d. 1878)
– Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (d. 1935)
– George Ulyett, English cricketer (d. 1898)
– Melvil Dewey, American librarian, (d. 1931)