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Historical Event(s)
– The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
– The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
– Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
– Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
– The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
– In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
– A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
– Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
– Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
– Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
Who Were Born On ?
– King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
– Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer (d. 1896)
– George Kennan, American explorer (d. 1924)
– Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (d. 1902)
– Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893)
– King Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)
– Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1922)
– Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1921)
– St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916)
– Bruce Price, American architect (d. 1903)