Alfred Tennyson's poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade' was published in 'The Examiner.'
Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher, was first published.
Author Edgar Allan Poe was last seen alive. He was disorientated, lying in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, US.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin.
The first WHSmith railway bookstore opened at London Euston Railway Station, London, UK.
The English writer Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Jane Eyre' was published by Smith, Elder & Co.
Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
Baltimore and Philadelphia were linked up by telegraph.
A glass treasure vase that dated back to between 1 – 25 AD was smashed by a drunk man.
The New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem 'The Raven.'
The first telegraph message was sent.
A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published.
Micah Rugg patented a machine for dressing bolt heads.
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.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
Ephraim Morris patented the car brake for railroads.
Samuel Morse presents the telegraph to the public.
Isaac Pitman introduced his shorthand system, 'Stenographic Shorthand,' for writing.
Tiffany & Co was founded by Charles Tiffany and John Young in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
Samuel Colt patented the multi-shot revolving cylinder gun.
Solymon Merrick patented the wrench tool.
Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson patented the screw propeller design.
The first issue of the New York Herald was published by James Gordon Bennett, costing 1 cent per issue.
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway officially opened.
Cyrus McCormick patented the reaping machine.
Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper in Springfield, Vermont, US.
Leonard Norcross was granted the first US patent for an underwater diving suit.
The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
The first train passenger service began.
The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
The US celebrated the opening of the country's first railroad station in Baltimore.
America published the country's first American Dictionary of English Language.
Locomotion No. 1 became the first passenger-carrying steam-powered locomotive and was driven by George and Stephenson.
The diaries of Lord Byron were burned by six of the poet's friends.
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony premiered in Vienna.
The Christmas carol 'Silent Night' composed by Franz Xaver Gruber was first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria.
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.
The novel 'Emma' by Jane Austen was first published.
The Times of London was first issued.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
