January 7 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago January 25 Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris January 25 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris January 30 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C. February 20 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die February 22 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile February 24 Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag February 28 Dr. Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" March 3 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at New Orleans Louisiana March 4 HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion March 7 HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso March 11 HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile March 13 Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing March 18 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass March 21 Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass March 23 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes April 10 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile April 18 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government April 26 Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris May 5 King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway May 6 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents ) May 12 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile May 13 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms May 14 Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile June 1 6th national black convention in Philadelphia June 2 P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US June 19 New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint June 25 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF) July 8 Liberty Bell cracks, again July 9 St. Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France July 25 Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine July 26 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii August 11 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal August 17 Solymon Merrick patents wrench August 18 Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago August 25 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel September 15 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Galapagos Islands September 17 Charles Darwin lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago September 23 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago September 26 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples October 8 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache James Island, Galapagos archipelago October 20 HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti November 2 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola November 15 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Tahiti November 16 Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society November 18 Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti November 23 Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy New York) November 24 Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Government November 26 HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for New Zealand December 1 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales December 3 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) December 7 German railway Neurenberg-Furth opens December 16 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City December 19 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin approaches New Zealand December 21 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) December 25 Charles Darwin company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand December 30 After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R December 30 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sail from New Zealand to Sydney
