Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States of America.
South Australia becomes a British colony.
The US Patents Office was nearly completely burned down.
Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
Arc de Triomphe in Paris became the world's largest triumphal arch at 164 ft tall.
Arkansas became the 25th state to join the United States of America.
The Republic of Texas declared independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
Showman P. T. Barnum showcased Joice Heth falsely claiming that she was a 161-year-old African American nanny to George Washington.
The Battle of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
The Treaty of New Echota was signed.
On his second voyage, Charles Darwin arrived at Tahiti and noted rich fertile lands and intelligent natives.
Aboard the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos Islands.
The first Europeans started the first permanent settlement of Melbourne.
Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson patented the screw propeller design.
P.T. Barnum and his circus began touring the United States.
The first issue of the New York Herald was published by James Gordon Bennett, costing 1 cent per issue.
William Lamb became the British prime minister for the second time.
Slaves stage a rebellion in Brazil to end slavery.
The US wasn't in debt on this day.
Slavery in Cape Colony, Britain's colony in South Africa, was abolished by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway officially opened.
The US government passed the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act.
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 Sun newspaper was published for the first time in New York City.
The Slave Abolition Act was passed and came into effect the following year on August 1.
The British House of Commons passed the Slavery Abolition Act.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
Charles Darwin explored Bahia, San Salvador, Brazil, and fell in love with its variety of plants, flowers, animals & insects.
Charles Darwin begins his journey on the HMS Beagle.
Nat Turner was arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
The second Earl Grey, famous for his tea brand, became Prime Minister of Britain.
William IV became king of The United Kingdom and Hanover until his death in 1837.
US President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded in LaFayette, New York, by Joseph Smith.
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.
The Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first modern hotel in the United States.
The Metropolitan Police Service of London was founded.
The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, which ended the Russo-Turkish War.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act in Britain.
Britain founded the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
Goethe's 'Faust' (Part 1) is premiered.
St Katharine Docks opened in Central London, England, and it was one of the largest ports for trade in London in the 19th Century.
America published the country's first American Dictionary of English Language.
The last slaves in New York were freed.
