Historical Events
Event of Interest
Charles Lyell makes his presidential address to the Geographical Society, London and announces that Richard Owen has concluded from Darwin's fossils that extinct species were related to current species in the same locality
Charles Lyell
Famous Birthdays
- Francis Jay Herron, American Major General (Union Army), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1902)
- Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)