- Death of Blanco White.
- Richard Waldo Sibthorp becomes the first Tractarian to convert to Catholicism.
- Opening of St Chad's Church, Birmingham, later designated a Cathedral.
- Tract 90 published.
| - Birth of the future King Edward VII.
- Thomas Cook begins running holiday excursions.
- Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister, replacing Lord Melbourne.
- England's first photographic studio is opened in London.
| - The UK occupy Hong King.
- The Ango-Sino Opium War takes place.
- Edgar Allan Poe published his first book.
- Following the death of WH Hampson, he is suceeded by Vice-President John Tyler as 10th President of the United States.
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