Historical Events
Historic Publication
Extracts from Letters to Henslow, a collection of letters written by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle, is published
Charles Darwin
Famous Birthdays
- Elliott Warren Rice, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1887)
- Eugenio Beltrami, Cremona Lombardy, Italian Mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)
Famous Deaths
- Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48