Historical Events
- 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
Famous Birthdays
- Albert Bierstadt, German painter (US landscapes)
- [Samuel] Emerson Opdycke, American businessman and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hubbard, Ohio (d. 1884)
Famous Deaths
- Infanta Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV of Spain and wife of John VI of Portugal, dies at 53
- Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)