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Russian poet Alexander Pushkin publishes a grand historical drama, Boris Godunov
HMS Beagle sails from Plymouth to survey the coasts of the southern hemisphere, with Charles Darwin as the expedition's naturalist
Napoleon's son, known now as the Duke of Reichstadt, dies of tuberculosis in Vienna
English scientist Michael Faraday reports his discovery of the first law of electrolysis, to be followed a year later by the second
English mathematician Charles Babbage builds a sophisticated calculating machine, which he calls a 'difference engine'
The Göta canal is completed, enabling ships to cross Scandinavia from the North Sea to the Baltic
Gaetano Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore has its premiere in Milan
English author Frances Trollope ruffles transatlantic feathers with her Domestic Manners of the Americans, based on a 3-year stay
After several rejections by Britain's House of Lords, the Reform Bill finally passes and receives royal assent
Greece wins independence, with the 17-year-old Otto of Bavaria as king
Mendelssohn's concert overture The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) has its premiere in London's Covent Garden
The paddle steamer Alburkah becomes the first ocean-going iron ship, completing the journey from England to the Niger
20-year-old English artist Edward Lear publishes Family of the Psittacidae, a collection of his paintings of parrots
Britain ejects the Argentinians from the Falklands and begins the process of settlement with British farmers
Civil war breaks out in Spain between supporters of Ferdinand VII's three-year-old daughter, Isabella II, and of his brother Don Carlos
Alexander Pushkin publishes a novel in verse, Eugene Onegin
Hector Berlioz marries an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, with whom he has been obsessed since seeing her play Ophelia and Juliet in 1827
The Tories in Britain adopt a reassuring name for an uncertain future – Conservatives
Six farm labourers, from Tolpuddle in Dorset, are transported for seven years to Australia for administering unlawful oaths in the forming of a union
Pedro IV removes his usurping brother Dom Miguel from the Portuguese throne and restores it to his daughter, Maria II
Alexander Pushkin publishes his best-known short story, The Queen of Spades
In London a great fire destroys most of the Palace of Westminster, including the two houses of parliament
English architect and designer Augustus Welby Pugin plays a major part in the second stage of the Gothic Revival
French zoologist Félix Dujardin identifies protoplasm, the viscous translucent substance common to all forms of life
Melbourne, founded by settlers from Tasmania, develops as the centre of a sheep-rearing community
