Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern (28 August [O.S. 17 August] 1770 – 15 September [O.S. 3 September] 1852) was a German philologist in Livonia, the first director of the library of the Imperial University of Dorpat. He coined the term Bildungsroman.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. - 3Aug
Harvard-Yale Regatta
Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event - 21Aug
Fort Selkirk
Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. - 24Sep
Henri Giffard
The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes. - 16Nov
22 Kalliope
The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.