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William IV returns a small section of the Green to the inhabitants of Kew.
The 18-year-old Victoria comes to the throne in Britain, beginning the long Victorian era
The expenses of a cricket match are itemized
Euston Station opens for business on the London and Birmingham railway
Alexander Pushkin dies from a stomach wound received in a duel with his brother-in-law, Georges d'Anthès
After a victory at Vegkop, Boers massacre the inhabitants of a dozen Ndebele villages in secret dawn raids
Piet Retief emerges as the new leader of the Great Trek, replacing Potgieter
Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament
The King's Free School in Kew, changing its name by now according to the sex of the sovereign, becomes the Queen's Free School
The Whig party in Britain begin referring to themselves as Liberals
The Taylor estate of East Sheen and West Hall passes to the Leyborne-Pophams of Littlecote in Wiltshire
Pugin begins work on his first contribution to country house architecture, adding extensive Gothic details to Scarisbrick Hall in Lancashire
Potgieter defeats the Ndebele at the Marico river and drives them north of the Limpopo
Piet Retief reaches a provisional agreement with Dingaan, the Zulu leader, for a Boer settlement in southern Natal
In The American Scholar Ralph Waldo Emerson urges his student audience to heed their own intellectuals rather than those of Europe
Oberlin College in Ohio becomes the first in the USA to enrol women as degree students
Rebellions in Canada reveal widespread discontent with the British administration, particularly among the French settlers
Zanzibar becomes the main place of residence of the sultan of Oman
Pugin's begins work on his first major church, St Mary's in Derby
Hector Berlioz's requiem mass, the Grande messe des morts, has its first performance in Paris
The first trains run between London and Birmingham on the railway designed by Robert Stephenson
Charles Dickens' first novel, Oliver Twist, begins monthly publication (in book form, 1838)
A terminus is built at Paddington for the Great Western railway
An Irish packet steamer, the Sirius, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days
