Mar 29 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
Mar 31 US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))
Mar 11 Richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor.
Mar 18 American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York
Mar 18 Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo
Mar 31 US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population 3,638,808 (15.7%))
Mar 12 US $20 gold piece first issued
Mar 11 Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school)
Mar 16 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published
Mar 30 SS Theresa Jane, the storm on this night was particularly bad and the Theresa Jane was one of a number of ships lost. She went onto the rocks of Mew Island, Belfast Lough during her sailing from Liverpool to Mauritius. Seven of the crew of fifteen lost their lives.
Mar 07 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
Aug 23 In the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find first trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island.
Aug 30 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
Aug 31 Calif pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
Aug 05 Australia Government Act grants representative governments to South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, which is separated from New South Wales.
Aug 17 Jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies.
Sep 09 California becomes the 31st state admitted to the US.
Sep 09 New Mexico and Utah become US territories.
Sep 20 Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
Sep 28 Flogging in US Navy &on merchant vessels abolished
Sep 09 Territories of New Mexico &Utah created
Sep 09 California becomes the 31st state of the United States
Feb 05 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz NY
Feb 18 California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties
Feb 12 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300
