January 2 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens January 6 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) January 16 Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde January 17 Johannes van den Bosch appointed Governor-General of Dutch-Indies February 6 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland February 6 U.S. ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy February 12 Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands February 13 1st appearance of cholera at London February 16 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache St-Pauls, 1 degrees N, 29 degrees W February 20 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean February 26 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I February 29 Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil March 23 British Parliament passes reform bill March 24 Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio April 4 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro April 8 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro May 7 Greece becomes independent republic May 7 Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece May 12 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan May 14 Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres May 21 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) May 30 Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) June 4 3rd national black convention meets, Philadelphia June 16 Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Illinois June 22 John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine June 28 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns July 4 "America" 1st sung publicly in Boston July 5 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro July 10 President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US July 13 Source of Mississippi River discovered, Henry R. Schoolcraft July 14 Opium exempted from federal tariff duty July 25 1st railroad accident in U.S., Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies July 26 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo August 2 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War August 2 Black Hawk defeated in Iowa August 2 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisconsin August 9 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria August 15 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism August 27 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up September 3 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname November 14 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets November 15 Felix Mendelssohn's "Reformation," premieres November 23 French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium November 24 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification November 26 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (New York City) (12 cent fare) December 4 French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp December 5 Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US December 17 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire December 18 Charles Darwin visits Vurland December 22 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands December 23 Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender December 24 HMS Beagle anchors in Wigwam Bay at Cape Receiver December 25 Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in St. Martin at Cape Receiver December 28 John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson
