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Historical Event(s)
– Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
– Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
– The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
– The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is formed;
– John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert.
– The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
– The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
– Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
– The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– François Coppée, French poet and novelist (d. 1908)
– Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881)
– Mary Rudge, English chess master (d. 1919)
– Karl May, German writer (d. 1912)
– Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
– Karl Millöcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899)
– Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)
– John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (d. 1920)
– Phoebe Hearst, American socialite (d. 1919)