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What Happened In History Year 1841

Historical Events for the Year 1841

  • 20th January » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the United Kingdom called British.
  • 26th January » The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cession or cedes.
  • 30th January » A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • 9th March » The Supreme Court of the United States called U.S. Supreme Court rules in the 'United States v. The Amistad' case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
  • 30th March » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
  • 4th April » William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and with the shortest term served.
  • 28th June » The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
  • 18th July » Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, on 18 July.
  • 16th August » U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party (United States) or Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House g
  • 24th September » The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
  • 13th November » James Braid (surgeon) e.g James Braid first sees a demonstration of 'animal magnetism', which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls 'hypnotism'.

Famous Birthdays in 1841

  • 14th January » Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
  • 15th January » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
  • 24th January » Robert Williams (archer) or Robert Williams, American archer (d. 1914)
  • 25th January » John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sri Lankan-English admiral (d. 1920)
  • 27th January » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910)
  • 28th January » Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
  • 30th January » Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1899)
  • 1st February » Davenport Brothers or William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877)
  • 2nd February » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
  • 15th February » Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian politician, 4th President of Brazil (d. 1913)
  • 18th February » Gergely Luthár, Slovenian-Hungarian author (d. 1925)
  • 25th February » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (d. 1919)
  • 3rd March » John Murray (oceanographer) e.g John Murray, Scottish oceanographer (d. 1914)
  • 7th March » William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded 'The Kansas City Star' (d. 1915)
  • 8th March » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist (d. 1935)
  • 2nd April » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
  • 6th April » Karl Binding, German jurist and author (d. 1920)
  • 13th April » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (d. 1905)
  • 15th April » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram known as Seagram Company Ltd (d. 1919)
  • 10th May » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)
  • 15th May » Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
  • 22nd May » Catulle Mendès, French poet (d. 1909)
  • 28th May » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 1887)
  • 6th June » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author (d. 1910)
  • 12th June » Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (d. 1928)
  • 5th July » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1904)
  • 13th July » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (d. 1918)
  • 16th July » Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist (d. 1923)
  • 26th July » Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian politician, journalist and teacher (d. 1882)
  • 1st August » Lilli Suburg, Estonian journalist (d. 1923)
  • 13th August » Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
  • 18th August » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
  • 25th August » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
  • 3rd September » Tom Emmett, English cricketer (d. 1904)
  • 8th September » Antonín Dvořák, Czech poet and composer (d. 1904)
  • 8th September » Charles J. Guiteau, American preacher and lawyer (d. 1882)
  • 22nd September » Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian soldier and poet (d. 1902)
  • 28th September » Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (d. 1929)
  • 4th October » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (d. 1912)
  • 4th October » Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
  • 7th October » Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
  • 16th October » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1909)
  • 6th November » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
  • 6th November » Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (d. 1931)
  • 9th November » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)
  • 13th November » Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (d. 1913)
  • 16th November » Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923)
  • 20th November » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
  • 25th November » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
  • 5th December » Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)
  • 6th December » Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
  • 20th December » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)

Famous Deaths in History for 1841

  • 20th January » Minh Mang (emperor) e.g Minh Mang, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
  • 17th February » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
  • 25th February » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
  • 1st March » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general (b. 1764)
  • 16th March » Félix Savart, French physicist (d. 1791)
  • 4th April » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
  • 28th April » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
  • 30th April » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
  • 20th May » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
  • 23rd May » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
  • 1st June » David Wilkie (artist) called David Wilkie, Scottish painter (b. 1785)
  • 12th June » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (composer) named Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
  • 27th July » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
  • 24th August » Theodore Hook, English composer (b. 1788)
  • 24th August » John Ordronaux (privateer) or John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
  • 9th September » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1778)
  • 15th September » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
  • 13th October » Patrick Campbell (Royal Navy officer) known as Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
  • 28th October » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (b. 1792)
  • 4th December » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)

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