The Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first modern hotel in the United States.
The Metropolitan Police Service of London was founded.
The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, which ended the Russo-Turkish War.
Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act in Britain.
Britain founded the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
