Mar 21 Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)

Mar 18 The birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer

Aug 13 Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs.

Aug 08 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death

Aug 29 The first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win

Feb 27 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)

Feb 28 US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes.

Apr 16 The birth of Anatole France, French writer

Nov 06 Spain grants Dominican Republic it's independence

Nov 25 The birth of Karl Friedrich Benz, German engineer

Dec 11 First dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct

May 01 Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message

May 24 The Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C )

May 06 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote

May 27 Samuel F.B. Morse completes first telegraph line

May 01 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate

May 24 Samuel F B Morse opens America's first telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!"

Jul 27 Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC

Jul 29 New York Yacht Club forms

Jun 06 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London

Jun 15 Vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear

Jun 25 John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office.

Jun 27 The birth of Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon church

Jun 15 Charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber.

Jun 06 The Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London. (Some 130+ years later, a group known as the Village People would gain a hit recording with "YMCA.")

Jan 15 The University of Notre Dame is founded

Jan 01 First edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)

Jan 01 First edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)

Jan 15 U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana

Oct 15 Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born

Oct 22 The birth of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress

Oct 01 Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters.

Oct 11 The birth of Henry John Heinz, American food manufacturer