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Wikipedia.
Events:
First ever international Cricket match played in New York City between Canada and the
United States.
January 15 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.
February 27 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
May 23 - Persian Prophet The Báb announces His revelation, founding Bábism.
May 24 - First electrical telegram sent by Samuel Morse from Baltimore, Maryland to
Washington, D.C., saying "What hath God wrought?".
June 6 - George Williams founds the Young Men's Christian Association in London,
England.
July 3 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
August 8 - During a meeting held in Nauvoo, the Quorum of Twelve, headed by Brigham
Young, is created as the leading body of the Mormon Church.
October 22 - Date predicted by the Millerites for the Second Coming of Christ; leads to
the Great Disappointment.
November - James K. Polk defeats Henry Clay in the U.S. presidential election.
November 6 - The Dominican Republic gains its independence from Spain.
Swedish chemistry professor Gustaf Erik Pasch invents the safety match.
Births:
January 19 -
Leendert Luikaart.
February 12 -
Elisabeth Slaager.
February 15 -
Martijntje Keuse.
February 17 -
Montgomery Ward, department store founder.
February 20 -
Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist.
February 20 -
Joshua Slocum, seaman and adventurer (d. 1909).
February 21 -
Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer.
February 23 -
Maatje Beije (Beye).
March 10 -
Pablo de Sarasate, violinist (d. 1908).
March 18 -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer (d. 1908).
March 30 -
Paul Verlaine, lyric poet (d. 1896).
April 17 -
Marinus van den Houten.
May 17 -
Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918).
May 19 -
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818).
May 21 -
Henri Rousseau, artist (d. 1910).
May 22 -
Mary Cassatt, artist.
May 23 -
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian religious leader.
June 8 -
Pieter van den Houten.
July 11 - King
Peter I of Serbia.
July 22 -
William Archibald Spooner, British scholar and Anglican priest.
August 1 -
Pieter Boogerd / Boogaard.
August 6 - Prince
Alfred of the United Kingdom, later Duke of Edinburgh and Duke
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second son of Queen Victoria.
August 22 -
George Washington DeLong, American naval officer/ill-fated
explorer (d. 1881).
October 15 -
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher.
October 22 -
Louis Riel, Metis leader.
October 22 -
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress.
November 1 -
Geertruida van Huizen.
November 2 -
Mehmed V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1918).
November 18 -
Lijntje Hogchum.
November 23 -
Karl Benz,German automotive pioneer.
November 30 -
Adriaan van den Houten.
December 1 -
Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Consort of Edward VII of the
United Kingdom.
December 14 -
Cornelia van den Houten.
Deaths:
February 27 -
Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States.
February 28 -
Adriana van Houten.
April 14 -
Klaas van den Houten.
May 10 -
Abraham Zoon.
July 3 -
Leendert van den Houten.
July 16 -
Sietje (Cijtje) van den Houten.
July 27 -
John Dalton, English chemist and physicist.
June 27 -
Joseph Smith, American religious leader.
December 8 -
Marinus van den Houten.
Charles Nodier, French writer.
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