January 1 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City January 3 1st deep sea sounding January 5 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date January 10 Penny Post mail system is starts January 18 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st U.S. electrical journal, appears January 19 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim) January 20 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica January 20 Dutch King Willem II crowned February 1 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in U.S., incorporated February 6 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand February 10 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg February 11 Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris February 12 Housatonic Railroad opens February 16 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica March 14 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid March 23 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) May 1 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued May 7 Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 May 8 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process May 21 New Zealand became a British colony June 12 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands June 20 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph July 6 Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin July 15 England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance July 23 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada August 18 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York August 28 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails September 12 Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck October 7 Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands October 8 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed December 2 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris December 2 Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) December 2 William H Harrison elected president of US
