Napoleon Bonaparte finally had a funeral.
Willem II became King of the Netherlands.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
The world's first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, was used in a public postal system in the United Kingdom.
The first photo of the moon was taken by John Draper in New York City.
American explorer Charles Wilkes discovered the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Charles Wilkes discovered Antarctica during an American Naval Expedition.
