Apologia pro vita sua: being a reply to a pamphlet entitled "What, then, does Dr. Newman mean?"

Events in Newman's life	Events in the UK	Events in the wider world
Newman begins making plans for an oratory house at Oxford and purchased land in September.. Manning and Vaughan begin communications with Propaganda asking for a ban on Catholics attending the old universities. Publication of the Apologia Pro Vita Sua, following the Kingsley controversy.	The Clifton Suspension Bridge opened in Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.	Navada admitted as the 36th US State. Geneva Convention established and signed by 12 nations.