January 1 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies February 11 London University founded February 13 American Temperance Society, forms in Boston February 28 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet March 4 1st U.S. Railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachsetts March 14 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama March 21 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna April 1 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine April 12 Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London April 23 Missolonghi captured by Turks June 10 Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey June 20 Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty July 26 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews July 30 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed August 19 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) August 22 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah August 24 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens September 3 USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe October 7 Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in U.S.) begins operations November 15 Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura November 27 John Walker invents friction match in England
