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The state government of Georgia declares that it is illegal for for the Cherokees to hold political assemblies
Gioacchino Rossini's opera William Tell has its premiere in Paris
Pugin joins the staff of Covent Garden as a scene painter, but is soon designing sets and costumes
German composer Felix Mendelssohn visits the Hebrides and see's Fingal's Cave, later the theme of his Hebrides Overture
Oxford and Cambridge compete against each other in the first university boat race, held at Henley
The locomotive Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, defeats two rivals in the Rainhill trials, near Liverpool
Old St Mary's Church is demolished but many monuments are transferred to a new Church on the same site and the vaults continue to be used under the new building
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg begins thirty years of intense microscopic studies during which he identifies a vast number of new species
William IV succeeds his brother George IV as the British king
Victor Hugo's romantic drama Hernani provokes a riot in the Paris audience on the first night
The death of the last infant cousin senior to her in the royal succession makes Victoria heir to the British throne
A network of undercover abolitionists in the southern states of America help slaves escape to freedom in the north
Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem 'Old Ironsides' prompts a public response that saves the frigate from the scrapyard
Richard Lander and his brother John explore the lower reaches of the Niger, proving that the great river is navigable
Earl Grey becomes British prime minister at the head of a Whig government committed to reform
Hokusai begins to publish his famous colour-printed views of Mount Fuji
Bolívar resigns as president of Gran Colombia shortly before dying of tuberculosis
Sucre is assassinated on his journey home to Quito from a congress in Bogotá
A revolution erupts in Paris in July and sweeps Charles X from the throne
Louis-Philippe, the Citizen King, is welcomed in Paris in a new role – as 'king of the French, by the will of the people'
Milosh Obrenovich wins recognition for an autonomous Serbia, with himself as prince
A French army invades Algeria, beginning the process which brings the region within the French empire
Congress passes the Indian Removal Act, to push the American Indian tribes west of the Mississippi
French author Stendhal publishes his novel Le Rouge et Le Noir ('The Red and the Black')
The Book of Mormon, translated from miraculously discovered holy tablets, is published by their finder Joseph Smith
