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Historical Event(s)
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust Part 1 receives its premiere performance.
– The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
– 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.
– 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.
– First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
– In the face of fierce local opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
Who Were Born On ?
– Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857)
– The Rev. Samuel Lodge, English clergyman, author and headmaster (d. 1897)
– George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904)
– José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
– Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
– Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican writer and diplomat (d. 1910)
– Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
– Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
– Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (d. 1908)
– Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer (d. 1892)