| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies |
Jan 30 |
The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened. |
Feb 11 |
University College London founded; known until 1836 as London University |
Feb 13 |
American Temperance Society, forms in Boston |
Feb 24 |
The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. |
Feb 28 |
M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet |
Mar 4 |
1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass |
Mar 14 |
General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama |
Mar 21 |
Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna |
Apr 1 |
Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine |
Apr 1 |
Samuel Morey is issued the first U.S. patent for an internal-combustion engine, which he calls a "Gas or Vapour Engine" |
Apr 10 |
The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. |
Apr 12 |
Weber's opera "Oberon" premieres in London |
Apr 23 |
Missolonghi captured by Turks |
May 22 |
The HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage. |
Jun 15 |
Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II abolishes the elite Janissary corps executing thousands for treason to make way for a more modern army |
Jun 20 |
Siam and Britain sign trade/peace treaty |
Jun 21 |
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas. |
Jul 26 |
Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews |
Jul 30 |
Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed |
Aug 19 |
Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) |
Aug 22 |
Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah |
Aug 24 |
Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Liege) opens |
Sep 3 |
USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe |
Oct 7 |
Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations |
Nov 15 |
Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura |
Nov 25 |
The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. |
Nov 27 |
John Walker invents friction match in England |
Dec 16 |
Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. |
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