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January 10
-
DePauw University
founded in Greencastle,
Indiana
January 26
-
Michigan
is admitted as the 26th
U.S. State
February 8
-
Richard Johnson
becomes the first
Vice President Of The United States
chosen by the
United States Senate
February 11
-
American Physiological Society
organizes in Boston
February 15
-
Knox College
founded in
Galesburg
,
Illinois
February 25
- First US electric printing press patented by
Thomas Davenport
March 4
-
Chicago
is granted a city charter by
Illinois
.
banks fail, and
Unemployment
reaches record levels.
June 5
- The city of
Houston, Texas
is granted a city
Charter
.
October 21
- General
Thomas Jessup
captures
Osceola
in pretext of negotiations
November 7
- In
Alton, Illinois
, abolitionist printer
Elijah P. Lovejoy
is shot to death by a mob (supporters of
Slavery
) while he was attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
November 8
- Formation of
Mount Holyoke Seminary
, first US college founded for women
Great_Moon_Hoax
– New York Sun claims that astronomer
John Herschel
has found life in the
Moon
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