March 3 –
Dom Pedro I,
Emperor of Brazil and former
King of Portugal, signs a document "to complete my abdication of the Portuguese crown" (made in 1826), to renounce all claims in favor of his daughter
Queen Maria II, and to declare "indubitable proof" that he wishes Portugal to be "perpetually separated from the Brazilian nation....in such a manner as may render even the idea of reunion impracticable." [1]
November 12 –
Anouvong, ruler of the
Kingdom of Vientiane, is deposed and the kingdom is annexed by Siam. During the war, the city of Vientiane is obliterated by Siamese forces.
December 20 – The U.S. State of
Georgia legislature charters the Medical Academy of Georgia, which becomes the
Medical College of Georgia, and authorizes it to award a Bachelor of Medicine degree, making it the 13th oldest U.S. medical school and the sixth public medical school to be established.
December 28 – The province of
Echigo, Japan, is hit by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, killing more than 1,500 people.
^John Clark Marshman, History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government (William Blackwood and Sons, 1876) p357; reprinted by Cambridge University Press, 2010)
^"Japan", in Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, by David Longshore (Infobase Publishing, 2010) p272
^"Born Here". The Examiner (Daily ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. July 13, 1935. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
March 3 –
Dom Pedro I,
Emperor of Brazil and former
King of Portugal, signs a document "to complete my abdication of the Portuguese crown" (made in 1826), to renounce all claims in favor of his daughter
Queen Maria II, and to declare "indubitable proof" that he wishes Portugal to be "perpetually separated from the Brazilian nation....in such a manner as may render even the idea of reunion impracticable." [1]
November 12 –
Anouvong, ruler of the
Kingdom of Vientiane, is deposed and the kingdom is annexed by Siam. During the war, the city of Vientiane is obliterated by Siamese forces.
December 20 – The U.S. State of
Georgia legislature charters the Medical Academy of Georgia, which becomes the
Medical College of Georgia, and authorizes it to award a Bachelor of Medicine degree, making it the 13th oldest U.S. medical school and the sixth public medical school to be established.
December 28 – The province of
Echigo, Japan, is hit by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, killing more than 1,500 people.
^John Clark Marshman, History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government (William Blackwood and Sons, 1876) p357; reprinted by Cambridge University Press, 2010)
^"Japan", in Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, by David Longshore (Infobase Publishing, 2010) p272
^"Born Here". The Examiner (Daily ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. July 13, 1935. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2014 – via National Library of Australia.