Notable Historical Events - 1841
1841 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf |
Jan 20 |
China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War |
Jan 26 |
Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain |
Jan 30 |
A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. |
Mar 4 |
Dion Boucicault's "London Assurance," premieres in London |
Mar 4 |
Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison |
Mar 5 |
1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11 |
Mar 9 |
US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free |
Mar 22 |
Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones) |
Mar 27 |
1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC |
Mar 31 |
1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B |
Apr 4 |
Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th President of the United States after the death of President William Henry Harrison |
Apr 6 |
Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Illinois |
Apr 10 |
New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley |
Apr 14 |
Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" published |
Apr 20 |
1st detective story (Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published |
Apr 26 |
"Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk |
Apr 27 |
Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki, found the awakening |
May 1 |
1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California |
May 3 |
New Zealand proclaimed a colony independent of New South Wales |
May 11 |
Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound. |
Jun 14 |
1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario |
Jun 24 |
Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx |
Jun 28 |
The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle |
Jul 3 |
John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus |
Jul 5 |
Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency |
Jul 17 |
British humorous and satirycal magazine "Punch" first published; it finally closed in 2002 |
Aug 9 |
Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die |
Aug 21 |
John Hampton patents venetian blind |
Sep 9 |
Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 |
Sep 24 |
Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah) |
Sep 30 |
Samuel Slocum patented the stapler |
Oct 16 |
Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is chartered |
Nov 2 |
Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan |
Nov 4 |
First wagon train arrives in California |
Nov 13 |
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis. |
Nov 16 |
Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC) |
Nov 25 |
35 survivors of the mutiny on the slave ship Amistad return to Africa |
Nov 26 |
1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan |
Dec 6 |
Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D premieres |
Dec 29 |
King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon |
Dec 31 |
Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons |
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