On This Day

Historical Events in July 1851

  • Jul 13 John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton
  • Jul 23 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and US

Light and Air For All – With No Charge!

Jul 24 The long hated Window Tax is abolished in the United Kingdom

Even larger houses had their windows bricked up to avoid tax
  • Jul 28 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
  • Jul 29 Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia

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