Mar 03 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
Mar 16 James Douglas 1803-1877 starts construction of Fort Camosun [Victoria]; first Hudson's Bay Company post on Vancouver Island.
Mar 21 Preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong
Mar 14 James Douglas lands at Clover Point on Vancouver Island with 15 men to build new Hudson's Bay Company Fort Camosun (later Victoria); moving HBC trade headquarters from Fort Vancouver (now in Washington State)
Mar 14 Boston conducts its first town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
Aug 25 First Trans-Atlantic crossing by U.S. steam powered ship
Aug 15 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
Aug 30 The first black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)
Feb 11 Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan
Feb 02 US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose governmental committee
Apr 15 The birth of Henry James, American novelist
Nov 27 The opera "The Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
Nov 13 Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
Dec 19 Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England
Dec 17 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published.
Dec 05 Launching of USS Michigan at Erie, Penn., America's first iron-hulled warship, as well as first prefabricated ship.
Dec 17 A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens, is published
Dec 04 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
Dec 25 First theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, NYC)
May 18 United Free Church of Scotland forms
May 04 Great-Britain annexes Natal
May 22 The first wagon train, 1000+ departs Independence MO for Oregon
Jul 02 An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
Jul 05 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
Jun 01 It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
