Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The Great Auks go extinct.
The founder of the Mormons, Joseph Smith Jr., was murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
Charles Goodyear patents vulcanization.
Founder George Williams established the YMCA alongside ten young Christian men.
The first telegraph message was sent.
Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází founds Bábism.