January 1 German Tolunie goes into effect January 5 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell January 9 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrive in Port San Julian, Patagonia January 29 President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute February 18 1st U.S. labor newspaper, "The Man," published, New York City February 26 1st U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified March 6 Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor March 16 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands March 18 1st railroad tunnel in U.S. completed, in Pennsylvania (275 m long) March 28 Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of U.S. April 13 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia April 18 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia April 29 Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia May 1 Belgian parliament accept railway laws May 4 Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean May 5 Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz May 8 Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium May 26 Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates June 1 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street June 2 5th national black convention meet, New York City June 8 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn June 10 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean June 14 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine Isaac Fischer, Jr. patents sandpaper Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont June 15 Rioters in Safed Palestine kills many Jews June 21 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine June 25 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published June 30 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) July 5 Provisional government forms in Oregon Country July 23 HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso August 1 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire August 16 Charles Darwin climbs Mount Campana in Chile August 17 Charles Darwin reaches top of Campana, Chile August 18 Mount Vesuvius erupts September 14 Charles Darwin's company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile September 27 Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso October 4 Franz Grillparzer's "Der Traum ein Leben," premieres in Vienna October 14 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter October 16 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn November 1 1st published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) November 10 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso November 14 William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months November 21 HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile November 23 Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres November 25 Delmonico's, one of New York's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents December 3 1st U.S. dental society organized (NY) December 23 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs December 25 Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile
