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Historical Event(s)
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust Part 1 receives its premiere performance.
– Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
– Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna.
– The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place.
– In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
– Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico, This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
– The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
– South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
– Rail transport: Stephenson’s The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
– First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sir Roger Ichborne, British heir (d. c. 1854)
– King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
– William Stanley, inventor and engineer (d. 1909)
– Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
– Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, English Pre-Raphaelite painter (d. 1904)
– Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
– Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1912)
– Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (d. 1909)
– Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
– Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)