March 12 –
SS President, commanded by legendary captain
Richard Roberts ("I'd Go to Sea in a Bathtub"), founders in rough seas, with all passengers and crew lost.
April–June
April 4 – President
William Henry Harrison dies of
pneumonia, aged 68, becoming the first president of the United States to die in office, and at one month, the American president with the shortest term served. He is succeeded by Vice President
John Tyler, who becomes the tenth president of the United States.
June 6 – The
United Kingdom Census is held, the first to record names and approximate ages of every household member, and to be administered nationally.
The sixth bishop of
Calcutta,
Daniel Wilson, and Dr. James Taylor, Civil Surgeon at
Dhaka, establish the first modern educational institution on the Indian subcontinent,
Dhaka College.
July 20 – The Mercantile Agency (ancestor of
Dun & Bradstreet) is founded in New York City, by Lewis Tappan.
August 20–
October 16 – The
Niger expedition of 1841 begins sailing up the
Niger River by
paddle steamers, under the auspices of the British Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and the Civilisation of Africa; it is largely abortive, due to the high incidence of disease among the crews.
August 10 –
Oronhyatekha, Canadian Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (d.
1907)
^"Anna Eliza Tuschinski (1841–1939)". Committee for Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in Pomerania (in Polish). March 26, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
March 12 –
SS President, commanded by legendary captain
Richard Roberts ("I'd Go to Sea in a Bathtub"), founders in rough seas, with all passengers and crew lost.
April–June
April 4 – President
William Henry Harrison dies of
pneumonia, aged 68, becoming the first president of the United States to die in office, and at one month, the American president with the shortest term served. He is succeeded by Vice President
John Tyler, who becomes the tenth president of the United States.
June 6 – The
United Kingdom Census is held, the first to record names and approximate ages of every household member, and to be administered nationally.
The sixth bishop of
Calcutta,
Daniel Wilson, and Dr. James Taylor, Civil Surgeon at
Dhaka, establish the first modern educational institution on the Indian subcontinent,
Dhaka College.
July 20 – The Mercantile Agency (ancestor of
Dun & Bradstreet) is founded in New York City, by Lewis Tappan.
August 20–
October 16 – The
Niger expedition of 1841 begins sailing up the
Niger River by
paddle steamers, under the auspices of the British Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and the Civilisation of Africa; it is largely abortive, due to the high incidence of disease among the crews.
August 10 –
Oronhyatekha, Canadian Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (d.
1907)
^"Anna Eliza Tuschinski (1841–1939)". Committee for Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in Pomerania (in Polish). March 26, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2023.