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EVENTS

April events

April 24 - The Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn , the first major railway line to be built between important cities in Germany , begins passenger operations.

August events

August 24 - Queen Marie Amélie and King Louis-Philippe officially open the Paris - Saint-Germain-en-Laye railway line.

Unknown date events

Rogers, Ketchum And Grosvenor receives the company's first order for new Steam Locomotive s; the order for two locomotives is placed by the Mad River And Lake Erie Railroad and is intended to be the beginning of the railroad's locomotive fleet.

BIRTHS

April births

April 17 - J. P. Morgan , American Financier who helped to finance United States Steel Corporation (d. 1913 ).

May births

May 23 - Anatole Mallet , inventor of the Mallet Locomotive type (d. 1919 ).

September births

September 26 - Allen Manvel , president of the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway 1889 – 1893 .

Unknown date births

William Barstow Strong , president of the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway 1881 – 1889 (d. 1914 )

DEATHS

REFERENCES

Pearson Education (, 2005 .

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