Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (d. 1877)
Walter Bagehot ( BAJ-ət; 3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race. He is known for co-founding the National Review in 1855, and for his works The English Constitution and Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873).

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- 1Apr
Internal combustion engine
Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine". - 21Jun
Battle of Vergas
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas. - 11Sep
William Morgan (anti-Mason)
Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance. - 16Dec
Fredonian Rebellion
Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. - 21Dec
Fredonian Rebellion
American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.