Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
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At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.
The University of Oxford, England, received its first charter from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Caroline Willard Baldwin became the first woman in the USA to earn a PhD.
West Virginia was admitted as the 35th US state during the height of the US Civil War.
