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Historical Event(s)
– Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
– First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
– Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London.
– Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
– 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.
– Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
– The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
– The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Who Were Born On ?
– Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)
– Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
– John Sebastian Little, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas and 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)
– Millie and Christine McCoy, Conjoined twins (d. 1912)
– Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (d. 1935)
– Felix Adler, German-born American educator (d. 1933)
– George Ulyett, English cricketer (d. 1898)
– Lovisa of Sweden, queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
– Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
– Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian Cardinal (d. 1926)