January 1 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) January 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana January 25 Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, U.S. House of Representative February 3 Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris February 27 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) February 28 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes March 9 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice March 21 Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) March 28 Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid April 12 Texas became a U.S. territory May 1 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message May 1 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate May 6 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote May 23 Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) May 24 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) May 25 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot May 27 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line June 6 Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London June 15 Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber June 26 U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City July 27 Fire destroys U.S. mint at Charlotte, North Carolina July 29 New York Yacht Club forms July 30 1st U.S. yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club August 8 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death August 29 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win September 5 Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains September 25 Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international November 6 Spain grants Dominican Rep independence December 3 RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms December 4 James K Polk elected 11th president of US December 11 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct December 30 Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
