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Ponnambalam Ramanathan
1851Apr, 16

Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)
Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, CMG, KC (Tamil: பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், romanized: Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General of Ceylon.

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    Edward Hargraves announces he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rushes.
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    Giuseppe Verdi

    The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
  • 5Jun

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
  • 12Aug

    Sewing machine

    Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
  • 24Oct

    Umbriel (moon)

    William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.