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| Ambassador Buol Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von |  |
| Wurttemburg Appointed Ambassador to Wuerttemburg |
| Battle of Blood River Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus |  |
| 16th Dec Blood River Africa Afrikaners hold the day to be "holy" & annualy celebrate it's anniversary |
| 16th Dec Blood River Africa Held by the Afrikaner as a triumph over the African demonstrating God is on their side |
| 16th Dec Blood River Africa With 500 defeats 10,000 Zulus under Dingane |
| Battle of Vera Cruz Louis Phillipe |  |
| 27th Nov Vera Cruz The French bombard Vera Cruz using new explosive shells forcing the Mexicans to pay reparations |
| Birth Bruch, Max |  |
| 6th Jan Birth of Max Bruch, composer |
| Birth Hamilton, James |  |
| 24th Aug Birth of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn |
| Birth Booth, John Wilkes |  |
| 10th May Birth of John Wilkes Booth |
| Colonization Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| Natal Africa One of the Boer leaders of the "Great Trek" into Natal |
| Death Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| 17th May Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord |
| Diplomacy Temple, Henry John | |
| 3rd May London Demands payment to bondholders, suggests revenue from the Spanish colony of Cuba |
| 26th July London Suspends military aid to Spain until its Government pays for arms already supplied |
| Diplomacy Buren, Martin van | |
| 21st Oct Washington Issues a second neutrality proclamation directed toward Canada |
| Invention Telegraph Morse, Samuel | |
| 6th Jan Demonstrates the electric telegraph system |
| Major Pollock, George | |
| London Appointed Major-General |
| Minister of Sardinia Schwarzenburg, Felix zu | |
| Appointed Minister of Sardinia |
| Petition Slavery Adams, John Quincy | |
| 15th Feb Washington Introduces 350 petitions against slavery into the House of Representitives |
| President Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte | |
| Appointed President of the Republic of Texas |
| Proclamation Neutrality Buren, Martin van | |
| 21st Oct Washington Issues a second neutrality proclamation directed toward Canada |
| Publication Dickens, Charles | |
| Publication of, "Nicholas Nickelby", 1st published in serial form |
| Publication of, "Oliver Twist" |
| Publication Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Publication of, "The State In It's Relations To The Church" |
| Publication Wilson, John Lyde | |
| Publication of, "The Code Of Honour", a rulebook for duelling |
| Railway Line Szechenyi |  |
| Budapest Completes the construction of a railway line from Budapest to Vienna |
| Vienna Completes the construction of a railway line from Budapest to Vienna |
| Settlement Nauvoo Young, Brigham | |
| Illinois Leads the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo, Illinois |
| Slavery Adams, John Quincy | |
| 15th Feb Washington Introduces 350 petitions against slavery into the House of Representitives |
| Succession Ferdinand I | |
| Lombardy Succeeds as King of Lombardy |
| Venetia Succeeds as King of Venetia |
