January 22 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands January 26 Michigan admitted as 26th U.S. state February 8 1st Vice President chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) February 11 American Physiological Society organizes in Boston February 13 Riot in New York over high price of flour February 25 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport March 3 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 March 3 U.S. president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas March 4 City of Chicago incorporates March 4 Martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th president March 4 Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American March 24 Canada gives blacks the right to vote March 28 Felix Mendelssohn marries Cecile Jeanrenaud April 19 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth May 9 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies May 31 Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria June 13 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio June 17 Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent June 18 Spain gets new Constitution June 20 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria June 20 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 July 13 Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace July 27 U.S. Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina August 5 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York August 28 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce September 6 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) September 21 Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores October 1 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) October 1 Treaty with Winnebago Indians October 9 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100 October 31 Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die November 8 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women November 15 Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system November 19 Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens November 21 Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times December 5 Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres December 5 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada December 25 Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians December 29 Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a U.S. steamboat docked at Buffalo December 29 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine
