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1 Events [2 Year in topic](#Year in topic) 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.
March 27 - First reported case of white men seeing Yosemite Valley.
March 30 - A population census was taken of all people living in the United Kingdom.
May 1 - The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London is opened by Queen Victoria. It runs until October 15.
May 15 - Rama IV is crowed King of Thailand.
July - The immortal game, a famous chess game, is played.
July 29 - Annibale De Gasparis, in Naples, Italy discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
The first America's Cup is organized (see Yachting).
Gold discovered in Australia.
The New York Times is founded.
Ariel and Umbriel, moonss of Uranus, discovered by William Lassell.
December 2 - Newly-elected French President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte violently overthrows the Second Republic.
December 24 - The Library of Congress burns
December 29 - The first YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts