January 13 – The
Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in
Jamaica, after the island's white planters organize militias and the British Army sends companies of the 84th regiment to enforce martial law. More than 300 of the slave rebels will be publicly hanged for their part in the destruction.[1]
June 9 – The
Strasburg Rail Road is incorporated by the Pennsylvania State Legislature, making it the oldest continuously operating railroad in the Western Hemisphere.
July 2 –
André-Michel Guerry presents his Essay on moral statistics of France to the French Academy of Sciences, a significant step in the founding of empirical
social science.
July 4 –
Durham University is founded in the north of England by an act of Parliament given royal assent by King William IV.
October 20 – Principal Chief
Levi Colbert (Itawamba Mingo) and other leaders of the
Chickasaw Nation of American Indians sign the
Treaty of Pontotoc Creek with the United States, ceding their remaining 9,400 square miles of land to the U.S., in return for a promise that they will receive all proceeds of sales of the land by the federal government to private owners, along with expenses for relocation and food and supplies for one year. The area ceded includes the entire northern one-sixth of the state of Mississippi.[10]
^Desmond, Adrian; Moore, James (1994). Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 119.
^Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Alicanto". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish).
Catalonia. pp. 47–48.
ISBN978-956-324-375-8.
^Galway, Carol (2000). "Wann hatte Wilhelm Busch wirklich Geburtstag?" [When was Wilhelm Busch's birthday, really?]. Germanic Notes and Reviews. 31 (1): 14–18.
ISSN0016-8882.
January 13 – The
Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in
Jamaica, after the island's white planters organize militias and the British Army sends companies of the 84th regiment to enforce martial law. More than 300 of the slave rebels will be publicly hanged for their part in the destruction.[1]
June 9 – The
Strasburg Rail Road is incorporated by the Pennsylvania State Legislature, making it the oldest continuously operating railroad in the Western Hemisphere.
July 2 –
André-Michel Guerry presents his Essay on moral statistics of France to the French Academy of Sciences, a significant step in the founding of empirical
social science.
July 4 –
Durham University is founded in the north of England by an act of Parliament given royal assent by King William IV.
October 20 – Principal Chief
Levi Colbert (Itawamba Mingo) and other leaders of the
Chickasaw Nation of American Indians sign the
Treaty of Pontotoc Creek with the United States, ceding their remaining 9,400 square miles of land to the U.S., in return for a promise that they will receive all proceeds of sales of the land by the federal government to private owners, along with expenses for relocation and food and supplies for one year. The area ceded includes the entire northern one-sixth of the state of Mississippi.[10]
^Desmond, Adrian; Moore, James (1994). Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 119.
^Montecino Aguirre, Sonia (2015). "Alicanto". Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos (in Spanish).
Catalonia. pp. 47–48.
ISBN978-956-324-375-8.
^Galway, Carol (2000). "Wann hatte Wilhelm Busch wirklich Geburtstag?" [When was Wilhelm Busch's birthday, really?]. Germanic Notes and Reviews. 31 (1): 14–18.
ISSN0016-8882.