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January 9 - Earthquake at Fort Tejon, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 .
February 16 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
March 3 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
March 6 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
March 23 - Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City)
May 10 - Indian Mutiny: In India, the sepoys revolt against the British Army.
May 11 - Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
December 31 - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario as the capital of Canada
The Supreme Court of the United States decides the Dred Scott case, driving the country further towards the American Civil War
The Mormons abandon Las Vegas
Founding of Hollywood
Restoration of the Mexican republic (see Mexico/History)
James Buchanan succeeds Franklin Pierce as President of the United States of America
Discovery of La Tene culture artefacts in Switzerland by Hansli Kopp.
Philip Henry Gosse writes Omphalos text elaborating a Creationist school of thought
University of Bombay established

May 11 - Eug�ne Fran�ois Vidocq, French criminal, first director of Surete Nationale and founder of the earliest known private detective agency.
May 23 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician.
September 3 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company Factor.
December 15 - Sir George Cayley, English aviation pioneer.\n