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Historical Event(s)
– The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
– Catholic Emancipation: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
– After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
– The Aaronic Priesthood is restored to Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, prior to the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
– HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
– 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.
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sir Roger Ichborne, British heir (d. c. 1854)
– William Stanley, inventor and engineer (d. 1909)
– Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
– Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)
– William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
– Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, English Pre-Raphaelite painter (d. 1904)
– Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)
– Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1912)
– Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
– Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer (d. 1892)