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January 1 British government demands Falkland islands January 1 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves January 3 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic January 8 Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established January 10 Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin January 15 HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego January 19 Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland January 23 Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation January 26 Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan March 16 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st U.S. woman grad of a pharmacy college March 17 Phoenix Society forms (New York) March 20 U.S. and Siam sign commercial treaty April 9 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire April 24 Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain April 24 Patent granted for 1st soda fountain May 2 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs May 6 John Deere makes 1st steel plow May 11 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 June 3 4th national black convention meets (Phila) June 5 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage June 27 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn July 8 Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty July 24 HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay August 3 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro August 10 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 August 23 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed August 24 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina September 3 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) September 4 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun) September 8 Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires September 19 Charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina September 20 Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires September 27 Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe October 1 Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina October 2 Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe Argentina October 2 New York Anti-Slavery Society organized October 3 Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson October 5 Charles Darwin moves with Parana to Santa Fe Bajada Argentina October 12 Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires October 20 Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana October 29 1st U.S. college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded November 8 Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die November 14 Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo November 18 Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven November 20 Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay November 28 Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo December 3 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens December 4 American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila December 6 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata December 13 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonie December 25 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia |
Benjamin Harrison 1833 - 1893 John James Ingalls 1833 - 1900 Robert Green Ingersoll 1833 - 1899 Adam Lindsay Gordon 1833 - 1870 Alfred Nobel 1833 - 1896 Hannah More 1745 - 1833 John Randolph 1915 - 1833 John O'Keeffe 1747 - 1833 |
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