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.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
England and France formally recognized Hawaii's independence.
The world's second oldest theme park, Tivoli Gardens, opened in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Brunel's SS Great Britain ship was launched after taking four years to build.
During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.
Anti Slavery activist Isabella Baumfree became a Methodist and changed her name to Sojourner Truth.
George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
Micah Rugg patented a machine for dressing bolt heads.
A fire broke out in Hamburg, Germany. It burned for over 100 hours, killed 51 people, and destroyed 1,700 homes.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performed its first concert.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
Charles Dickens and his wife arrived in Boston, US, from Liverpool, UK.
British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
The first wagon train arrived in California after having left Independence, Missouri, in May 1841.
The Sultan of Brunei rewarded British adventurer James Brooke by granting him control of Sarawak.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
John Tyler assumes the presidency.
William Henry Harrison inaugurated as the ninth President of the United States.
Napoleon Bonaparte finally had a funeral.
Willem II became King of the Netherlands.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
The world's first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, was used in a public postal system in the United Kingdom.
The world's first adhesive postage stamp is issued in the United Kingdom.
The first photo of the moon was taken by John Draper in New York City.
American explorer Charles Wilkes discovered the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
New Zealand becomes a British colony.
Charles Wilkes discovered Antarctica during an American Naval Expedition.
A deadly cyclone struck east India killing over 300,000 people and destroying 20,000 ships.
The last bull run in Britain was held at Stamford.
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country's 'ancient ways.'
The UK had its first Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
Charles Darwin was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his revolutionary role in developing science.
Indian Assam Tea was brought to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
The French Academy of Science announced the first-ever photograph.
The Moon was photographed for the first time.
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
State of Missouri Passes the Extermination Order.
Ephraim Morris patented the car brake for railroads.
The oldest museum in The Netherlands, the Centraal Museum Utrecht, opened.
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in the US.
The United States Exploring Expedition set sail.
Huskar Mining Pit, located in Silkstone, England, flooded after heavy rainfall, killing 26 children.
Queen Victoria took to the throne during her coronation on this day at Westminster Abbey, London.
Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
Samuel Morse presents the telegraph to the public.
