Mar 07 Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317
Mar 14 José Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey", premieres in Madrid
Aug 10 The 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.
Feb 01 The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.
Feb 16 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Feb 06 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand
Feb 05 The birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire
Feb 10 Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Feb 11 Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
Apr 02 The birth of Emile Zola, French author
Nov 12 The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor
Nov 14 The birth of Claude Monet, French painter
Dec 02 The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)
May 07 The birth of Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
May 01 The first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
May 08 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
May 07 The birth of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
May 06 The first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!)
May 07 Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317
May 21 New Zealand became a British colony
Jun 02 The birth of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet
Jun 10 The birth of Henry Morton Stanley, US journalist and explorer
Jan 19 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
Jan 20 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica
Jan 05 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
