Events in History
- Jan 1 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
- Jan 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
- Jan 25 Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative
- Feb 14 John C. Frémont and his party become the first Europeans to discover Lake Tahoe during his second expedition through the American West
- Feb 27 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
- Feb 28 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer, and other high-ranking U.S. federal officials
- Mar 8 King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
- Mar 21 Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)
- Mar 21 The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world
- Mar 28 Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio" premieres in Madrid
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